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THE

LI V E S

r. O F T H O S E

EMINENT ANTIQ.UARIES
ELIAS ASHMOLE, Efquire,

AND

Mr, WILLIAM LILLY,

WRITTEN BY THEMSELVES;

CONTAINING, Fills T,

WILLIAM LILLY'S History of Hi«
LIFE and TIMES,

With Notes, by Mr. ASHMOLE:

SECONDLY,

LILLY'S LIFE akd DEATH of

CHARLES THE FIRST:

AND LASTI^Yy

TbcLIFE of ELIAS ASHMOLE, Efquire,
) By Way of Diary.

\ With Several Occasional Letters,

» 1

JPy CHARLES BURMAN, E^uire.

L Q N D O N 5

printed fb): T« Pav i e s, in RuJ/il-Strtet, Cevent Gardoh
MDCCLXXIV.

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READER.

Atl'HOUGH wercdnriot, with juf-
tice, compare Elias Afhmok t6
that excelknt Antiquary John. Lcland, or
William Lilly to the learned and in<Je-.
fatigable Thomas Hearne; yet I think
we may fairly rank them wkh fuch writer^
as honeft Antony Wood, whofe Diary
greatly refembles that of his cotemporary^
^^ and intimate friend, Elia§ Aftiraolei

Some

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Some anecdotes, connefled with zSaan
of ftate; many particulars relating to lU
luflrious peribns, and antient and noble
families ; feveral occurrences in which
the Public is interefted, and other matters
of a more private nature, can only be
found in works of this kind. Hiftory
cannot Hoop to the meannefs of examin-
ing the materids of which Memoirs are
generally compofed.

And yet the pleafure and benefit re-
fulting from fuch books, are manifeft to
every reader.

I hope the admirers of the very labo-
rious Thomas Hearne will pardon me, if
I (hould venture to give it as my opinion,
and with much deference to their judg-
ment, that William Lilly's Life and Death
of Charles the firft, contains more ufeful
matter of inftruftion, as well as more
plendid and ftriking occurrences, than
are to be found in feveral of thofe monk-

ifh

( 5 )
ifli volumes publiflied by that learned
Oxonian.

\ Lilly affords us many curious parti^
culars relating to the life of that un-
fortunate Prince, which are no vdiere elfe
to be found. In delineating the cha-
rader of Charles, he feems difpaffionate
and impartial, and indeed it agrees per-
feftly with the general portraiture of
him, as it is drawn by our mofl authentic
Hiftorians.

The Hiftory of Lilly's Life and Times
is certainly one of the moft entertainmg-
narratives in our language. With relpe£l
to the fcience he profeffed of calculating
nativities, cafting figures, the prediftion
of events, and other appendages of Aftro-
logy> be would fain make us think that
he was a veiy folemn and ferious Believer,
Indeed, fuch is the manner of telling his
ftory, that fometimes the Reader may
poflibly be induced to fuppofe Lilly ra-
ther an Enthufiaft than an Impoftor. He

relates

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Vl^ t L L t A M L i L LYj

, StlJbENf IN ASf RdLOGYi

Wrotie By hlrnfelf in the 66th Year of his Agi,
. at^iH^RSHAM, in the Parifli of Walto*
^. , trpQ^ Thames^ in the County Df SuRRVi

PropHu Man^

1WA S borii iii the county. of Ldicef*
. tf ry in an obfcure town, in the fiorth-^
'iv^ borders thereof, called ]>ifeworth>
(etea ralleis fouth of- the town cf Dtrby^
on^lmiie from Caftler^Donnington, a town
of great, rudenefs, wherein it is not re-^
membered that any of the farmere thereof
tlid ever educate any of their fons to leam*^
ksa^i only my grandfather fent his pi^er

2 Mr. Lilly's History

Xofflo t:;ambridge,..Vtbofe name was Ro-
bert Lilly, and died Vicar of Cambden in
Clbacefterlhire^ .iaLbQitt'lB4o . «

The town of Difeworth did formerly
belong unto the Lord Seagrave, for there
is one record in the hands of my coufin
Melborn Williamfon, which mentions
one aCfe of land abutting north uppn the
gates Vf the Lord Seagrave; andtnere is
one clofe, called Hall-clofe, wherein the
ruins of fome anciettt Buildings appear,
and particularly where the dove-houfe
ft0o4 ; smd thtre is/alfo the rains of Apf-
fcayed filh-porids arid'' other outhoufes*
This town ca»e at length, ta be th^. inhe-
ritance of Margaret, Couhtefs of Rich-
mond, Mother of Henry VIL which
^irgatet gavd^ thi&>town and lor^M^p* oF
Difeworth unto Ghrift's College in 'Cam-
bridge, the Matter and Fellows whdiijof
h^ve^&rer lince, and at prefent, enjoy and
pofTefs it.

In the church of this town there is but
oneliDbhument^ and. that is a wMtetaSt-
blc jftoney now. atoofb .broken tai}4ec&,
jwhich w^l placed, there Jiy RobdrtvLilly,
m J' grandfather, in /memory of Janc^hife
;yifiKj il3caiai:^;htcr of Mr J Poofe ofuDal*-
by^ in tiie famtr coonty, a family:, now
quite '.extinguifhod/l My gitaildirsdther's
brother was Mr. Hcnry-Poole, .cwit^of ithe
Knights :of:.RhQdes3r:.x3(r Templai^Sy wh©

a.,. '^ being

OF HIS Life and Tim^s. j

being a foldier at Rhodes at the taking
thereof by Solyman the Magnificent, and
cfcapihg with his life, came afterwards to
England, and married the Lady Parron
or Perham, of Oxfiordihire, and \va8 cal-<
led, during his life, .Sir Henry Poole*
William Poole the Aftrologei; knew him
very Well, and isemembers him to have
been a very tall perfon, and reputed of
ffreat ftrength in iiis ydungcr years;

The impropriation : of this town of
Difeworth was formerly the inheritance of
three lifters^ whereof: two became vota-
ries; one in the hannery of Langly iA
the pari(h of I^feworth, valued: at. the
fuppreflion, I mean the whoieLnMnnery,
at thirty-two poiinds per annuni, and this
fitter's part is yet. enjoyed by the fiamily of
the Grayes, who now, and for fome years
paft, have the enjoyment and pofiefHoh
of all the lands formerly belonging to the
a^hne^ in the pariih of Difeworth, and
are at ptefcntof the yfearly value of three
hiiftdifed 'and fifty pounds pejr .amram.
Otti'ofothe fifta:^:gaYe her part , of the
great tithes unto a religious houfe infire^
d<^ jipcntthe Hiii y aad, as the inhabi-*
tdfiA^ttfepbrt^ became a religious^ perfon
afteiwardsf.

TThb^third fifterj roarified, and lier part

0f the tithes in facceeding ages became die

B a ^ £arl

4 • Mr. Lilly*s History

Earl of Huntingdon's, Who not many
J^cars^ fincc fold it to one of his iervants.

The donation of the vicarage is in the
gift of the Grayes of Langley, unto whom
Ihey pay yearly, (I mean unto the Vicar)
as I am informed, fix pounds per annijm.
Very lately fome chsfritable citizens Jiave
pm'chafed cine third portion of the tithes,
andgiven it for a maintqnance of a preach-
ing miniftcr, and it/ is' now of the value
of about fifty pounds' per annum. ' ;

There have been two hermitages in this
parilh ^ the laft hermit Was yrell remem-
bered hy 6ne Thomas Cooke; jsl veiy; an-
cient inhadjitant,. whaviri my youngercyears;
acquainted.xne therewith. ,

This tQwn of Difcworth is divided into;
three' pal-iftics;* one^ipaiit belongs untQ
Lockington, in which .-part ftandcth. my
fether- a hfo6fc, ovsaft^agdinft the weft . tnd
of the ^Lccple, iA^irhkh I was born: .Ibme
jbther, farms .am \1x^ theiparifh of Bredoi^
"theteft in the parifli of Difcworth* ^ . •
, In thiis town, butr in the parifh of X^ock-;
ington, was I borny. the firft dayrof iMajry

1602. I C .r. -^ . » *:: ' . ^ .'::^ ■• . ;

. My father's name; wa^s WilHamXUIy,.
ibm o£ Robert^, thafoia of Robert^ the dont
of Rowland, &c. My mother Was: Alice,;
the dau^ter of .Edward Earham, of Fif-
kerton Mills, in iNottinghamihirc^.itvvo.
jBiiles from Newark u|>on Trent; tliis Ed-
ward

OF HIS LWe and T^i-mes* 5

ward Barhafn Was' "born in NofWich, and
well remembered the rebellion of Kett the*
Tanner, \ in the days of Edward VI.
* Our family have continued- many ages
in this town as y«dmen ; befides the farm
tny father and hife ariceftors lived in, both
my father and grandfather had much free
land, and many lioufes in the town, not
belonging to the college, as the farm
wherein they were all born doth, and is
now at this prefeht of the value of forty
pounds per annum, and in pofleffion of
my brotner's fon ; but the freehold land
andhoufes, forrrierly purchafed by my an-^
ceftors, were all fold by my grandrather
and father; fo th^t now our lamily depend
wholly upon a college leafe. ^ Of my in-
fancy I can fpeak little, onlyl do remem-
ber that in- the fourth year of my iage I
had the meaflcs.

• 1 was, during iny minority, put to learn
at fuch fchools, arid of fuch mafters, as
the mdenefs of the place and country afl
forcer; my mother intending I fhduld be
a fcholar from my infancy, feeiiig my fa^
ther's backflidings in the wprld, and no
hopes by plain huft^ndfy* to recruit a de-
cayed eftate; therefore upon Trinity Tuef^
day, 1 6 1 3, ' ray father had me to Afhby de
la Zouch, to be inftru6led by 6ne Mr.
John firinfley; one, in thofe . times, of
^reat abilitijss for inftru£lion oC youth ig.
B 3 th?

6 Mr. Lilly's History

the Latin and Greek tqngues ; he was ve-r
ly ievcrc in his life wid f:<>Hverfation, ^n4
did breed up many fcHol^s fpr the u^i-
velriities : in religion he was a ftrjfl Purir
tan, not conformable whplly to the cere-
monies of the Church of England. iv\
this town of A(hby de la Zouch, for mai>y
years together, Mr. Arthur HUderfhfii^
cxercifed his miniftry at my being there j
and all the while I continued at AA^by, he
was filencf^d. This is that famous Hil-
derfham, who left behind him ^ commen-?
tary on the fifty-firft Pfaliji^ as alfq many
fermons upon the fourth of John, boith
which are printed : he wa§ .an excellent
textuary, of exemplary life, pleaf^t in
difcourie, a ftrong enemy to the Brown-
ifts, and diflented not from thp Church
of England in any article of faith, but
only about wearing the furplice, baptiz-r
ing with the crofe, and kneelipg at the
iacrament; moft of the people in the
town were directed by his judgment, and
fp continued, and yet do continue prefby-
terianly aiFcfted; for when the t!.ord of
Loughborough in 1642, 1643, 1644, an4
1645, had his garrifpn in that tp,>yn, if
by chance at any time any troops of horfe
had lodgied within the town, though they
came late at night to their quarters ; yet
would one or other of the town prefentlv
^ve Sir John Gell of perby notice, fo
z that

OF'HtS LiLE AND TlMES. f

that icre next nioming moft of his;Maje-
fly's troops were feized in their lodgings;
wMch moved the .Lor4 of Loughborough
merrily tor fay, theirc was not a fart let in
Afby but it was preffently carried to Derby*

The feveyal aiithoi^ . I there learned were
thefe,*:rviz. Sentcntiab Fuerilesi Cato, Cor-
derius, ^lifop's Fables^ TuUy's Ofiices^
Ovid ;de Triftibusi la%, Virgil, tlien
Horaqs f as alfo Camden's Greek Qram^
mar^ Theognis and Homers Ili^s : I
was only entered into Udall's Hebrew
Graminarj he never taught Logick, but
often would fay it was fit to be learned in
th« umveriitieB*

In the fourteenth year of my age, by a
fellow fcholar of fwarth, black complexion,
I had like to have my right eye beaten
outag we were at play; the fame year,
about: Michaelmas, I got a furfeit, .and
thereupon a fever, by eating beech-mits*

In. the fixteenth year of my age; 1 w*
^xceeditigly troubled in . my dreamA^ cofit
^cerhing my ialvation and damnation; and
alfo concerning tha fiifety aiiat ddftrue-
ition- of the fouls bf my father and. mo-
ther; in the' nightsl frequently ^ wept,
Iprayed and moumed, for fear my fms
might offend God; ^ > : ir :' ^

in the feventecn'di year of my agi my
' tnother died. • '^v- %\

B 4 In

t Mr. Lilly's History

In the eighteenth ye^x of my age my
mafter Brin&y was enforced from keep-
ing fchool, being perfdcutod by the Bi-
ihop's\]ffioers» he came to London, and
then leered in London^ where he after^
•wards died. In this year, by reafi>n of
my father's poverty, I was. allQ enforced
to leave fchool, an4 fo. came to my father's
houfe, where I lived in much penury for
one year, and taught fchool one quarter
of a year, until God's prqvidente pro-*
vided better for me.

For the two lafl: years of my being at
fchool, I was of the hi^eft form in the
fchool, and chicfeft of that form ; I could
then fpeak Latin as well as Englifh ; could
make extempore yerfes upon any theme;
all kinds of verfes. Hexameter, Pentamc-.
tcr, Phaleuciac^s, lambicks, Sapphicks,
&c. Jo that if any fcholars from ranote
ibhools came to duput^^ I was ringleader
to difpute with themi I could cap ver-
ics,/ &c. If any minifter came to exa-
mine us, I was brought forth againfthim,
nor woidd I argue with him unlefs in the
Lttin tongue, which I found few of them
could well fpeak without breaking PrijP-
<tian> head; whic^i:^ if once they did, I
would complain to my mafter, \Wa» ira^
int^a^t Jwguam Zjaimmi, nee prorfus Joqui^
tur. In the derivation of wQrds> I found

moft

-dF HIS Liin AJBtr Times. g

mofli'pf them deffc£tive, nor indeed were
atiy of thqm good grammarians: all and
every: df ihofe fcholiarj who were of my
form and (landing, went to Cambridge
and'p»ved excellent divines, only poor I,
Williafll Lilly, was not fo happy; for-
time then frowning upon father!s prefent
condition^ he not in any capacity to
mamtsin me at the univerfity,

Gf the Maiiner how I canie unto
- LondQn*

Worthy fir, I take much delight to
recount unto you, even all and every
jcircumftance of my life, whether good,
moderate, or evil ; Deo glaria.

My faUier had one Samuel Smatty for
his Attorney, unto whom I went fundry
times with letters, who perceiving I was
a fcholar. and that I lived mifcrably in
the country, lofmg my time, nor any
ways likely to do better, if I continued
there ; pitying my condition, he fent word
for me to come; and i^ak with him, and
told me tiiat he had lately been at Lon-
don^ where there was a gentleman wanted
a youth, Ho attend him and his wife, who
, could write, &c.

I acquainted ray father with it, who
was very willing to be rid qf mp, for I

(poulcl

could not work> drive the plaii^h^ or
endure, any country labour; my fa-r
ther oft would fay> I v as good £>r no«
thing. .. . ; :

1 had? only twenty ihillings, and no
more^ tp buy me a new fuit, . hofc,. dou-
blet, &c. my doublet was fuftian-i* I re-
paired to Mr. Smatty, when I was ac*
coutred, for a letter to my majftcr, which
he gave me.

Upon .Monday, April 3, 1620, I dc^-
parted from'Difeworth, and came to Lei-
cefter: but I muft ac<|uaint you, that
before I came away I vifited my friends,
amoiigft: whom I had given mfe about
ten {hillings, which was a great comfort
unto me. On Tuefday, April the 4th,
I took leave of my father, then in Lei^
cefter gad for debt, and came along i with
Bradfhafew the carrier, the fame perfon
with wiiom many of the Duke of Bucking-
ham's kindred had tome up with. Haiit
how the waggons crack with their rich
lading ! It was a- very ftormy week, cold
and uncomfortable: I' footed it all along j
-we could not rcacli London until Palm-.
Sunday, the 9th of April, about half an
hour after thre? in the afternoon, at
which time we entered Smithfie!d. When
I had gratified the carrier and his fer-
vaitts, I had feven (hillings and fix pence
left,' and no more^ one fuit of cloaths

vpon

OF lilS I^IFE AND TiMES. I^t ,

upon my back, two (hirts, three bandsy
one- pair of fhoes, and as many ftockings*
Upon the delivery of my letter my mafter
entertained me, and next day bought
me a new cloak, of which you may ima-^
gine (good Eiquire) whetiier I was not
proud of; befides, I faw and eat good
white bread, contrary to our diet in Lei-
peftfrfliire. My matter's name was Gil-
bert Wright, born at Market Bofworth
in Leicefterihir? ; my miftrefs was born
at Afhby de Ifi Zouch, in the fame county,
^nd'in the town where I had gone to
fchool. This Gilbert Wnght could nei-
ther, write nor read; he jSVed upon hi?
annual rgnts, was of no calling pr pro-*
feflion ; he Ijad for many years been fcr«
yant to the Lady Pawlet in Hertfordlhire }
and when Si^rj^ant Puckering wa$ mad^
Lord keeper, he made hipi keeper of hi?
lodgings at Whitehall. When Sir Tho-
mas Egerton was made Lord Chancellor,
he entertained him in the fame place 5 and
when he married a widow in Newgat?
Market, the Lord Chancdlor recom-
mended him to the company of Salters^
Lqndon, to admit him mto their com-
pany, and {p they did, and my mafter in
1624, was mafter of that company; he
was a man pf excellent natural parts, and
\VQiild fpeak pubjickly upon any occafion
very rationally and to the. purpofe. i

write

12 Mr. Lilly's History

writ? this, that the world may know he'
was no taylbr, or myfclf of that or any
other calling or profeffion r My work Was
to go before my mafter to church ; to at*
tend my matter when he went abroad ;
to make clean his fhoes ; fweep theftrcet;
help, to drive- bucks when we waftied ;
fetch water in a tub from the Thames :
rhavc helped to carry eighteen tubs of
water in one morning, weed the garden ;
all manner of drudgeries I willingly per-
formed ; fcrape trenchers, &c. If I had
any profeffion/ it was of this nature : I
Ihpuld never have denied my being a tay-
lor, had I been one; for there is no cal-
ling fo bafe, which by God's mercy may
not afford a livelihood ; and had Aot my
tnafter entertained me, I would have been
of a very mean profeflion ere I would
have returned into the country again j
fo here ends the aftions of ei^teen yean
of my life*

My mafter married his fecond wife for
her eftatej ftie was competently rich-
fhe mtarried him for conlidersitions he
performed noti (noftumar fociety) fo
that they lived very uncomfortably; fhe
was about leventy years of age, he fixty
fix or more; yet never was any woman
more jealous bf a hufband than fhe ; in-
fomuch, that whenfoever he went into
London, fhe was confident of his going

OF HIS Life and Ti^Ies. 13

' to women ; by tliofe means my life was
the more uncomfortable, it being very
difficult to pleafe twd fuch oppoitte na-
tures: However, as to thcrthings of this
world I had enough, and endured their
difcontents, with much fcrenenels. My
miftrefe was ^yery curious to know of fucn
as were then called cunning or wife meii,
whether fhc fliould buiry her hufbaxBi?
She frequently yifitcd fucb perfbns, arid
this occ^on begot imme ftvlittle defire to
IcaiTi fcmething that 'WiyV but Wanting
.money to. buy bookisi,lI Jaid afide thcfe
jiaotion^,. and , endeavoured: tp plcafcboth
mafter and.miftrefs. *

0£ niy. Miftrefs's Death^ and Occa-
. fion thereof by JVteans of a Csni-r
cer in her Breaft.!.:/. / .: ...

In i6a2 ihe complamtdof'apaiain'.her
left breaft, whereon there appeared! at firft
a liard khob no bigger: than a fmatt pea ;
it increalbd in a little time ^ very itilKucli,
wasvei^liard> and fonictitmelwG^kliiz^
very rcd|Mfhe tOQk > advica of fitrgaaif,
had oiJb^ fear-cloths, j^tes of lead,l aM
.what not: In 1.623 itgmw vei7>bBg^land
fpre^ aU<0V6r lier breafl; itxix6ar madv
weeks jii^tices were sppli^ to it, iwiiick
in continuance of time hxoks .the Aoq,
. . and

'14 Mr. Lilly's History

and then abundaoice of watery thin ftufF
came froni it; but nothing elfc ; at length
-the matter caihe to fuppuration, biit never
any great ftore iffued forth; it was ex-
ceeding noifome and painful ; from the
htginmng of it until me died, fhe would
permit no furgeon to drefe it but only
myfelf ; I appjdied every thing unto it, and
Her pains weie fo great the winter before
(he died, thaC I have been called out of
my bed two or three times iri dsie night
to drefs it and change pldfterfi. In 1624
by degrees with icii&rs I: cut all the whole
hrezA away, I mean the linews, nerves,
&c. In one fortnight, or little . more,
it appeared, as it were, mere flefh, all
raw, ib that fhe could fcarcc endure any
unguent to be applied. I remember there
was a' great deft through the middle of
the breaft, which when that • f4iiUy ap-
peared fhe died, which was in September
1624'; my maifer being thenlntliacoiin-
try, his kindred in • London would: wilt-
linglyfhave hadi mourning for hier> tut
Hy /advice of ait cfpecial friend of his; I
itasitibiikHred. th^m;^ w^uld: ii permit
thmr to looldnlbr: any chefl' oritrunfe m
itbe hbuft:: 6he Wfis decently ^ibu^d, and
ifoiopsd'c^ixiie/inilh^ time of ihef ikkndfy,
ihe/w0uld lidveCipcrlnit me ©ufc <rft hpr
chflfnibet, ga^i-^cp five* p(miidi${ m tAd
^cM, aiid wat me uiltci a pivate trunk .of
.- :j hers

h«rs at, <* :fiieiid's hfti«fe,'/wher^ fteihad
oxkehuBiir^d pounds itt g<^di> flic ..feii
pie bting.it.^Way a&d.Uke il>, lM*t wh^n
I opened the trucJc I found i¥>thi;i^ itherfe-
inv fo«;a,kihfm8n of .her:j-,4iad beoa there
it few tk^/^s befomand parried aU jfws!^,t
She wsfc m- »-grtat paflion- at tny rdafi^
thei'eofi :beraHfe Ihe €0i|ld ^oti gratify my
{tuns ih.'raU' her ficknefs» «dvif^ '<m4.'xtP
help jMyifeJf when ftie w?!6..gc«e»i cftit//of
my ta4ftw> goods, \fehieh J ««verjdifl.\'r:j;
• • . Cwucttewft . Efqwkfei:. : b* . niat itmx^ .tff
reading lienN)f, or whaSifoyijwt^o x-i-rf
Wiwa-oiy. miftreft died*:, -ihe M ^nder

it»ny tha^ffi*: which,: v©iibj (that x^te vtWc
ddiv«!pd iUnto -me. ,j; There . yr^s r «iathif
bagXtrntsl'S^H^foim^ Jupiter; iti Wm^
otfeprs; lif /the/ r»M:e^fp£.s:YGWiis» rfoiwJi<rf
iroii, and .'otbs ,of gdfeJi; «)f f^ ;j«Bgd4
gOld.y!:irf.^$hB ■tngmefer iif ,a thirtjf :tthy<»
ImUilig . picw of Kiag, Jam^!« .coiti.Ii.»in
the oircBti^fertneri: dikfioae : fidft • wajfi ewi
gr«mtn>'. iFidt Leode tiiibuf^udve S'^ihi^rmt*
nuMnyj^, .withirt tfcte-i mtMU cth«fc«:^. was
eograwtft /an. -holy JainKfoini :idw.i]0(»tow
ciacu^i»€niti£b.thtrerKiiifb» ^fnibaph^rfaQd
three -fr. JJD:;.the:'jD^ddle>(nS«iri3fssf iP4(iKttr»
•/^^aodyOiwjpi,.../: lludi I . '*£cb vi;f
loiT^-ocMfidniof .^rajBing tMs ftgi^i^iti
th«$i'. feibrnjer. hiifliiindntitaYoBiils^iaft*
Suiex, happened to lodge in mivifiiiM'

i6 Mr. Li^lLy'S HisxcJRt

to lie in a chamber thereof ; wherein, tusk
many months before a country grazier had
lain, and in the night cut his own throaty
after this ni^f s lodging he was perpetually,
and for many years, followed by a fpirit,
which vocally^ and articulately pi'ovoked
him to cut bis throat i he was ufed fre-
quently to fay, * I defy thee, I defy thee/
and to fpit at the fpirit; this fpirit foU
lowed him manj years, he not making
any body acquainted with itj attafl )m
grew mtlanchoUy and difc6ntented> which
being carefully obferved by his wifte, fhc
many times hearing him pronounce, ^ I
defy thee,' &;c. fhe deiired himi td acquaint
her with the caufe of his diflemper; which
he th«i did. Away <he went to Dri
Simon Forman, who lived dien- in Lam^
beth, and acquaints him with it; who
having framed this figil, and Ranged it
about his neck, he wearing it eontinually
until he died, was" never mo»ei«u>lefted
by- the fpirit: I fold^the figil for thirty
two fhilhngs, l^ut tfanfcribed ^tfie 'Word^
n/eriatim as I have related. Sir, you fhall
ttowhave a ftory of this ^raon i^brmanj
as -hib widow; iM^om I well knew, ne-^
latodit untO' me;l^But befotie-I relate
his death, I fliall acquaint .ytHi fon^e^
thtfig jof the Tnaii,^^^iis I hktje gadiired
thtt&t f»»n firmer intoufcriptt' df his: mnA
i«kiag:^-^ -=i^I^-^ ^- i..:'ir;:.i C'^^y^
c.^ ^ Of

• CF HIS Life and Times. J7

Of Dr. Simon Forman.

He was a chandler's fan in the city
o( Weftminfter. He travelled into Hol-
land for a month in 1580, purpofely to
be inftrufted in aftrology; and other more
occult icicnces ; as alfo in phyfick, tak-
ing his degree of Do6tor beyond feas : be*
ing fufRciently fumifhed and inftru6led
with what he defired, he returned into
England towards the latter end of the
reign of Queen Elizabeth, and flourifhed
until that year of King James, wherein
the Countels of Eflex, the Earl of Somer-
set, and Sir Thomas Overbury's matters
were queftioned. He lived in Lambeth
with a very good report of the neighbour-
hood, efpecially of the poor, unto whom
he was charitable. He was a perfon that
in horary queftions (efpecially thefts) was
very judicious and fortunate ; fo alfo in
iicknefles, which indeed was his mafter-
piece. In refolving queftions about mar-
riage he had good fuccefs : in other ques-
tions very moderate. He was a perfon of
indefatigable pains. I have fctn fbmc-
timcs half one flieet of paper wrote of
his judgment upon one qucftion; in
writing whereof he ufed much tautology,
as you may fee yourfelf (moft excellent
Efquire) if yoy read a great book of Dr.
C Flood's,

j8 ^ Mr. Lilly's History

Flood's, which you have, who had all
that book from the inanufcripts of For-
man ; for I have feen the fame word for
word in an Englifh manufcript formerly
belonging to Dodor Willoughby of Glou-
cefterfhire. Had Forman lived to have
methodized his own papers, I doubt not
but he would have advanced the Jatro-
mathematical part thereof very compleatly 5
for he was veiy obfervant, and kept notes
of the fuccefs of his judgments^ as in
many of his figures I have obferved, I
very well remember to have read in one of
his manufcripts, what followeth.
^ * Being in bed one morning' (fays he) * I

* was delirous to know whether I fhould

* ever be a Lord, Earl or Knight, &c*
' whereupon I fet a figure -, and thereupon
' my judgment :' by which he concluded,
that within two years time he fhould be
a Lord or great man : * But,' fays he, ' be-

* fore the two years were expired, the

* Do6lors put me in Newgate, and no-

* thing came/ Not long after, he was
defirous to know the fame things con-
xerning his honour or greatfhip. Ano-
ther figure was fet, and that promifed
him to be a great Lord within one yean
But he fets down, that in that year he
had no preferment at all ; only * I became

* acquainted with a .merchant's wife, by

* whom I got well.' There is another

figure

OF HiS'LiFE AND Times. 19

figure concerning one Sir Ayre his

going into Turkey, whether it would be
a good voyage or not : The. Doftor re-
peats all his aftrological reafons, and
mutters them together, and then gave
his judgment it would be a fortunate
voyage. But under this figure, he con-
cludes, * this proved not fo, for he was

* taken prifoner by pirates ere he arrived in
V Turkey, and loft all/ He fet feveral
queftions to know if he fhould attain the
philofophers ftone, and the figures, ac-
cording to his ftraining, did feem to fig-
nifyas much; and then he tuggs upon
the afpefts and configurations, and elected
a fit time to begin his operation ; but by
and by, in conclufion, he adds, * fo the

* work went very forward ; but upon the
*' D of rf the fetting-glafs broke, and I

* loft all my pains :' He fets.down five or
fix fuch judgments, but ftill complains
all came to nothing, upon the malignant
afpefts of T? and </ . Altliough fome of
his aftrological judgments did fail, more
particularly thole concerning himfelf, he
being no way capable of fuch preferment
as he ambitioufly defired ; yet I fhall re-
peat fome other of his judgments, which
did not fail, being performed by con-
ference with fpiritsi My miftrefs went
once unto him, to know when her huf-
band, then in Cumbedand, would return,

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he havmg promifed to be at home near tht
time of the qneftion j after fomc confidcra-**
tion, he told her to this effect : * Margery/

* for h her name was, thy hufband will not
^ be at home thefe eighteen days ; his kin-

* dred have vexed him, and he is gomt
^ away from them in mudi anger : he is

* now in Carlifle, and hath but three pence

* iA his purfc/ And when he came home
he confrfTed all to be true, and that upon
leaving his kindred he liad but three pence
in his purfe. I fhall relate one ftory
more, and then his death.

One Coleman, clerk to Sir Thomas
Beaumont of Leicefterfhire, having had
fome liberal favours both from his Lady
and her daughters, bragged of it, &c.
The Knight brought him into the ftar-»
chamber, had his fervant fentenced to be
pilloried, whipped, and afterwards, dvu*-*
mg life> to be imprifoned. The fentence
was executed in London, and was to be
in Leicefterihire : Two keepers were to
convey Coleman from the Fleet to Lei-
cefter. My miftrefs taking confideration
cf Coleman, and the miferies he was to
foffer, went prefently to Forman, ac-
quainted him therewith ; who, after con-
fideration, fwore Coleman had lain both
with mother and daughters ; and befides
feid, that the old Lady being afflifted
with fits of the mother, called him into
. - her

or HIS Life and Times. at

hei: chamber to hold down the fits with
his hands ; and that he holding his hands
about the bread, ihe. cried * Lower, lower/
and put his hands below her belly; and

then He alfo told my miftrefs in what

pofture he lay with the young Ladies, &c.
and faid, * they intend in Leicefter to whip

* him to death ; but I affure thee. Mar-*

* gery, he fhall never coirte there ; yet they
' fet forward tomorrow,' fays he ; and to
his two keepers did, Coleman's legs being
locked with an iron chain under the horfc's
bejly. In this nature they travelled the
firft and fecond day; on the third day
the two keepers, feeing their prifonei4
civility the two preceding days, did not
lock his chain under the horfe's belly
as formerly, but locked it only to one
fide. In this pofture they rode fome
miles beyond Northampton, when, on a
fudden, one of the keepers had a necef-
fity to untrufs, and fo the pther and
Coleman ftood ftill ; by apd by the other
keeper defired Coleman to hold his horfe,
for he had occafion alfo : Coleman im-
mediately took one of their fwords, and
ran through two of the horfes, killing
them ftark dead;- gets upon tlvs Mher,
with one of the'r fwords ; * Farewell, gen*-

* tlemen,' cjuothhe, * tdl my mafter I have
' no mind to be whipped in Lekefterfliire,'
and Co went his way. The *wo kcq>frs

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22 Mr. Lilly's History

ill all hafte went to a gentleman's houfer
near at Rand, complaining of their mif-r
fortune, and defired of him to purfue
their prifoner, which he with much civi-
lity granted ; but ere the hqrfes could be
got ready, the miftrefs of the houfe came
down, and enquiring what the matter
was, went to the ftabje, and commanded
the horfes to be ijnfaddled, with this
fliarp fpeech — * Let the Lady Beaumont

* and her daughters live hpneftly, none of
^ my horfes fhall go forth vipon this oc-r

* cafion/

I could relate many fuch ftories of his

performances; as alfo what he wrote in

a book left behind him, vi^. * This I mad^

, * the devil write with his own hand in

^ Lambeth Fields 1596, in June or July,

* as I now remember/ He profefled to his
wife there would be much trouble about
Carr and the Countefs of Eflex, who
frequently refprted URto him, and from
whofe company he would fometimes lock
Jiimfelf in hip ftudy 9 whole day. Now
we come to his death, whigh happened as
follows ;. the Sunday night before he died,
his wife and .he being at fupper in their
.garden-houfe, ftie being pleafant, told
him, that ftie had been informed he could
refolve, whether man pr wife fhould die
^rft ,; ' Whether fhall T (quoth fhe) ' bury
f you pr np.?' . * Qh Trunco/ for fq he calle^
^ . . \ ' ' ' ' he^,

ot HIS Life amd Times. 23

her, ^ thou wilt bury me, but thou wilt

* ftiach repent it/ * Yea, but how long firft?'

* I fhalldie,' faidhe, ' ere Thurfday night/
.Monday came, all was well. Tuefday
caftie, he not fick. Wednefday came,
and ftill he was well; with which his
impertienent wife did much twit him in
the teeth. Thurfday came, and dinner
was ended, he very well : he went down
to the water-fide, and took a pair of
oftrs to go to fome buildings he was in
hand with in Puddle-dock. Being in the
middle of the Thames, he prefently fell
down, only faying, ' An impoft, an impoft,'
and fo died. A moft fad ftorm of wind
immediately following. He died worth
one thoufand two hundred pounds, and
left only one fon called Clement. All
his rarities, fecret manufcripts, of what
quality foever, Dr, Napper of Lindford
in Buckinghamfhire had, who had been
a long time his fcholar; and of whom
Forman was ufed to fay he would be a
dunce : Yet in continuance of time he
proved a fingular aftrologer and phyfi-
cian. Sir Richard now living I believe
has all thofe rarities in pofleffion, which
were Forman's, being kinfman and heir
unto Dr. Napper. [His fon Thomas
Napper, Efq; moft generoufly gave moft of
thefe manufcripts to Elias Aftimole, Efq;]
I hope you will pardon this digreffion.

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44 Mr. Lilly's History

Alter my miftrefs was dead» I VtvM
mofl comfortably^ my mafter having a
great afFe£tion for me.

The year 1625 now comes on, an4
the plague exceeding violent, I will re^
late what I obferved the Ipring before
it broke forth. Agdnft our corner hmi^
every night there would come down, a*
bout iive or &x of the clock, fometime
one hundred or more boys, fome playi-
ing, others as if in ferious difcourfe, and
juft as it grew dark would all be gone
home; many fucceeding years there was
no fuch, or any concourfe ufually, no
mor? than four or five in a company:
In the fpring of 1625, the boys and
youths of feveral pariihes in like num-r
bcr appeared again, which I beholding,
called Thomas Sanders, my l^dlord, and
told him, that the youth and young
boys of ^veral pariihes did in that na<*
ture affembie and play, in the beginning
of the year J625. ' God blefs us/ quoth
I, * from a plague this year ;' but then
there fucceeded one, and the greateft that
ever was in London. In 1625, the vifi-*
tation encreafing, and my matter having
a great charge of money and plate, fome
of his own, fome other m^n's, left mc
and a fpllow-fervant to keep the houfe,
and himfelf in June went into Leicefterr
fliire. He was in that year fieoffee coU

lector

OF HIS LiPP AND TlMR$. 2$-

loftor for twdve poor alms-peoidc living
in Clemcnt^Dane's Church- Yard ; whofe
penfions I in his abfeiicc j>aid weekly, to
his and parifti's grwt fatisfaftion; My
md)}er was no fooner gone down, but I
boi]^ht a bafi-viol, and ^ a matter to
jn&nift me ; Ac intervals of time I fpent
. in bowling in Lincoln's-Ihn-Fields, with
Wat the cobler, Dick the blackfmith, and
fnch like companions: We have fome**
times been at our work at fix in the morn*
ing, and fp continued till three or four in
the aftamoon, many times without bread
or drink all that while. Sometimes ]
went to church and heard funeral fer*
mons, of which there was then great
plenty. At otha- times I went early to
St. Antholine's in London, where there
was every morning a fermon. The moft
able people of the whole city and fnburbs
were out of town; if any remained, it
were fuch as were engaged by parifli^
offices to pemain ; no habit of a gentle-
man or womgn continued; the woeful
calamity of that year was grievous, peo-
ple dying in the open fields and in the
open ftreets. At laft, in Augqft, the
bills of mortality fo encreafed, that very.
few people had tnoughts of furviving the
CiMit^gion : The Sunday before the great
bill came foipth, which was of fivethoufand
i^i4 odd l>undre4s;^ thei^e was appointed

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26 Mr. Lilly's History

a facrament at Clement Dane's; during
the ^ftributing whereof I do very well
remember we fang thirteen parts of the
one hundred and nineteeth Pfalm. One
Jacob, our minifter (for we had three Aat
day, the communion was fi> great) fell
fick as he was giving the facrament, went
home, and was buried of the plague the
Thurfday following. Mr. James, ano-
ther of the minifters, fell fick ere he had
quite, finifhed, had the plague, and was
thirteen weeks ere he recovered. Mr.
Whitacre, the laft of the three, efcaped
not only theh, but all the contagion fol-
lowing, without iany ficknefs at all;
though he officiated at every funjeral, and
buried all manner of people, whether
they died of the plague or not. He was
jgiven to drink, feldom could preach more
than one quarter of an hour at a time,
&c. In November my maftcr came home.
My fellow-fervant s and my diet came
weekly to fix fhillings and fix pence,
fhraetimes to feven (hillings, fij cheap was
diet at that time.

In. February of. that year, my mafter
married again (one who after his death
became my wife). In the fame year he
fettled upon me, during my life, twenty
pounds per annwni which I have enjoyed
ever fincc, even to the writing hereof.

May

OF HIS Life and Times. %y

May 22, 1627, my mafter died at the
eomer houfe in the Strand, where I alfo
lived fo long. He died inteftate; my
miftrefs relinquifliing the adminiftration,
it came to Jiis elder brother, who affigned
the eftate over to me for payment of my
mailer's debts 5 .which being paid, I faith-,
fully returned the remaining part unto
his adminiftrator ; nor had one penny of
the eftate more than twenty pounds per
annum, which was allowed me by con-
traft, to undertake the payment of my
mailer's debts.

Of my Marriage the firft Time*

My miftrefs had been twicQ married
to old men, was now refolved.to be con-
vened np more; Ihe was of a brown
ruddy complejcion, corpulent, of biit
mean ftature, plain, np education, yet a
very provident perfon, an^ of good con-
dition : She had many fuitors, old men,
>vhom Ihe declined ^ fome gentlemen pf
decayed fortunes, whom Ihe liked not,
for Ihe was covetous and fpaiing : By my
fellow-fervant fl>e was qbfqryed frequently
to fay, Ihe cared npt if fti^ married ^
man that would love l>er, fo that he had
never a penny ; and would ordinarily talk
pf m^ when fhe wa^ i^ bed ; This fer?

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2S Mr. Lilly's History

vant gave me encouragement to give the
dnfet : I was much perplexed hereat, for
fliould I attempt her, and be (lighted, (he
would never care for me, afterwards; but
again, I confidered that if I (hould at-
tempt and fail, fhe would never fpeak
of it ; or would any believe I durft be fo
audacious as to propound fuch a qucf-
tion, the difproportion of years and for-
tune being fo great betwixt us : However,
all her talk v/as of hufbands, and in my
prefenee faying one day after dinner, (he
refpefted not wealth, but de(ired an ho-
neft man; I made anfwer, I thought I
could fit her with fuch a hufband; fhe
afked me, where ? I made no more ado,
but prefently falutcd her, and told her
myfelf was the man : She replied, I was
too young ; I faid nay ; what I had not
in wealth, I would (upply in love j and
Saluted her frequently, which (he ac-
cepted lovingly; and next day at dinner
made me (it down at dinner with my
hat on my head, and faid, fhe intended
to make me her hufband; for which I
gave her m^iy (alutes, &c.

I was very carcftil to keep all things
fccret, for I well knew, if (he (hould take
counf^l of any friend, my hopes would be
fruftrated, therefore I fuddenly procured
her confcnt tp marry, unto which (he
alTcnted; fo that upon the eighth day

OF HIS Life and Timss. .29

of September 1627, at St, Gcorge^s church
in Southwark^ I was married unto her,
and for two whole years we kept it
fccret. When it was divulged, and fome
people blamed her for it, ihe conftantly
replied, that (he had no kindred; if I
proved kind, and a good hufband, Qx
would make me ft man; if I proved
otherwife, fhe only undid herfelf. Iti
the third and fourth years after our mar-
riage, we had flrong fuits of law with
her firft hiifband's kindred, but over-
threw them in the end. During all the
time of her life, which was until Oftobdr
1633, we lived very lovii^gly, I frequent-
ing no company at all ; my exercifes were
fomctimcs angling, in which I ever de^
lighted : My companions, two aged moi*
I then frequented fcflures, two or three
in a week ; I heard Mr. Sutc in Lombard-
Street, Mr. Gouge of Black-Fryars, Dr.
Micklethwait of the Temple, Dr. Oldf-'
worth, with others, the moft learned men
of thefe times, and leaned in judgment tb
Puritanifm. In 06tx>ber 1627, 1 was mad^
£nee of the Salters company in Loadc^i.

How I came to ftudy Aftrolagy.

It happened an one Sunday 163a, as
myfclf abd A juftice of peace's clerk werei,

. before

30 Mr. Lilly's liiirour

before fervice, difcouriing of many things,
he chanced to fay, that fuch a perfon was
a great fcholar, nay, fo* learned, that he
could make an Almanack, which to me
then w^s ftrange : One fpeech begot ano-
ther, till, at laft, he faid, he could bring
me acquainted with one Evans in Gun-
Powder -Alley, who had formerly lived in
Staffordihire, that was an excellent wife
man, and ftudied the Black Art. The
fame week after we went to fee Mr. Evans.
When we came to his houfe, he having
been drunk the night before, was upon
his bed, if it be lawful to call that a bed
whereon he then lay ; he roufed up him-
felf, and, after fome compliments, he was
content to inftruft me in aftrology ; I
attended his beft opportunities for (even
or eight weeks, in which time I could
fet a figure perfeftly : Books he had not
any, except Haly de judiciis Aftrorum,
and Orriganus's Ephemerides; fo that
as often as I entered his houfe, I thought
I was in the Wildemcfs. Now fomething
of the man : He was by birth a WeUh-
man, a Matter of Arts, and in facred
orders; he had formerly had a cure of
fouls in StafFordfhire, but now was come
to try his fortunes at London, being in a
manner enforced to fly for fome ofiences
very fcandalous committeSd 'by him in
thefe parts, where he had lately livedo
• * for

OF -HIS* Life and Times. 51

for he gave judgment upon things loft,
the only (hame of aftrology :. He was the
moft faturnine perfon my eyes ever be^
held, either before I pra£lifed or fince^
of a middle ftature, broad forehead, beetle-
browed, thick fhoulders, flat nofed, full
lips, down-looked, black curling ftiff
hair, fplay-footed -, to give him his right,
he had the moft piercing judgment na-
turally upon a figure of theft, and many
other queftions, that I ever met withal;
yet for money he would, willingly give
contrary judgments, was much addifted
to debauchery, and then very abufive and
quarrelfome, feldom without a black eye,
or one mifchief or other: This is the
fame Evans who made fo many antimo-
nial cups, upon the fale whereof he prin-
cipally fubfifted ; he undei-ftood Latin very
well, the Greek tongue not at all: He
had fome arts above, and beyond aftro-
logy, for he was well verfcd in the. na-
ture of fpirits, and had many times ufed
the circular way of invocating, as in the
time of our familiarity he told me. Two
of his aftions I will relate, as to me de-
livered. There was in StafFordlhire a
young gentlewoman that had, for her
preferment, married an aged rich perfon,
who being defirous to purchafe fome
lands for his wife's maintenance; but
this young gentlewoman, his wife, wa^

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yt M%. Lilly's HistOrV

defircd to buy thft land in the name of a
gentleman, her ^ery dear friend, but
tot her ufe: After the aged man was
dead, the widow could by no means pro*
cure the deed of purchafe from her friend;
whereupon ftie applies heifclf to Evans,
who, for a fum of money, promifes to
have her deed fkfety delivered into her
own hands ; the fum was forty pounds.
Evans applies himfelf to the invocation
of the angel Salmon, of the nature of
Mars, reads his Litany in the Common-
Prayer-Book every day, at fele6t hours,
wears his furelice, lives wderly all that
time; at the fortnight's end Salmon ap-
peared, and having received his com-
mands what to do, in a fmall time re**
turns with the very deed defired, lays it
down gently upon a table where a white
cloth was fpread, and then, being dif-
mifled, vaniftied. The deed was, by the*
gentleman who formerly kept it, placed
among many other of his evidences in a
large wooden cheft, and in a chamber at
one end of the houfe ; but upon Salmon's
removing and bringing away the deed, all
that bay of building was quite blown down,
and all his own proper evidences torn all to
pieces. The fecond ftory foUoweth.
" Some time before I became acquainted
with him, he then living in the Mino^
ries, was defired by the Lord Bothwdi

and

OJ* HIS LiFR AND T1M.M. 33

and Sir Kenelm Digbyto fhow them a
ipirit. He promifed fp to do: the time
came, and they were ajl in the body of
the circle, when lo, upon a fudden, after
fome time of invocation, Evans was taken
from out the room, and carried into the
field near Batterfea Caufeway, clofe to the
Thames. Next morning a countryman >
going by to his labour, and efpying a man
m black cloaths, came untp him and
awaked him, and aflced him how he came
there ? Evans by this underftood his con-
dition, enquired where he was, how far
from London, and in what parifh he was ^
which when he underftood, he told thie
labourer he had been late at Batterfea the
night before, and by chance was left there
by. his friends. Sir Kenelm Digby and
the Lord Bothwell went home without
. any harm, came next day to hear what
was become of him; juft as they in the
afternoon came into the houfe, a mefTen-
ger came from Evans to his wife, to come
to him at Batterfea. I enauired upon
what account the fpirit carried him away :
who faid, he had not, at the time of in
vocation, made any fufFumigation, at
which the fpirits were vexed. It hap-
pened, that after I ditcemed what aftro-
..togy was, I went weekly into Little-
Britain, and bought many books of aftro-
logy, not acquainting Evans therewith.
P Mr.

'^i^ Wr . t I'L Vy^ ^« t oK ^

>Ur. A. Bedwell, IVIiiiiAer of Totte^l;iaffl[-
Hlsh-Crofs near liohdon. Who had'b^eA
jiiany vears chapTaih ftf Sir Heni-y Wes-
ton, whilftjic w^s Aihbafladbr Ut Veiiice,
and aftlikd Pietro Sdave Polanb, in coiti-
pofing and writing thpCotfricil of *I^rent,
^^as lately dead; arid Kis library l>ei!ig
Ibid into Xittle-Bfitai|i, I bought a-
jnongft tlieni niy choicefl: Bcfoks of attro-
logy. The occafipn df otir fallulg out
\va§ thus; a Woman demanded the re-
jfolution of a qiteftioh, which when he
lia^. ipnCj, ^e went her way ; I 'ft&rtding
T^Y all the while, and obfef vine the figure^
,'alked him VJiy he gave the judgment he
Mid, fince the Signification fhewed quite the
xojitrary, and gave him rrrjr re'afons > which
when he had pondered, he called rtie Iboyy
,and lijuft he be cantriadifted fey fiich a
^jiQviCje! 6ut'when his heat w^ aver^ he
Yaid, had he riot fo. judged to ple^e tSe
^wonian, fhe woiild have giveil him nd-
^^thirig, and tie' had a vvife and family to
^proviae for; upon this we iiever caifiiie
* together .after. Being how very meanly
'introduced, , J appKed niyfelf to ftudy fhoJe
^boqks I had obtained, many times twelve,.
^or fifteen, or eighteen hours 'day and
^tiight ; I wa& curious to difcover, whe-
^ther there was any verity in the art cJr
pot. Aftrology in this time, vrz. in 1 63|,»
'.Was very fare' in Londdri/ few pi'ofeffing

.. it

Op his lAft AKD Times. j^

-It that underftood asny thing thereof.
Let it not repent you (O noble Efquire)
'if now I make a ^fhort digreffion of ifuch
yerfons as then profefled aftrology, that
'pofterity may undefftand in what condi-
-tion I iound it, and in whofe hands that
kittle that remained was lodged.

There lived then in Houndfditch one
-Alexander Hart, vtho had been a foldier
^formerly, a comely old man» of good
^afpeft ; he profefled queftionary aftrology,
and a little of phyfick; his greateft ikill
was to ele6l young gentlemen fit times to
•play at dice, that they mjght win or get
-monqv. il went unto him for rcfojutions
^for tnree queftiops atfeveral times, and
he erred in every one. To fpeak foberly
-of hini, he was but a cheat, as appearcj^
^fuddenly after; for a ruftical fellow. of
^the City, defirous of knowledge, con-
* traced with Hart to affift for a confe-
rence* with a fpirit, and paid ^im twenty
-pounds of thirty pounds the contract.
At kft, jfter many delays, and ; no J^irit
appearing, or mcmey returned, the young
•man indifts him for a cheat at the Old-
-Bailey in London; the Jury found the
'bill, and at the. hearing of the caufe this
jeft happened : . foijie of the bench enquired
what'Hart did ? ^ * HeTat like an Alderman
*\iri his -gown^*<|UothJtke fellow ; at.which
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' 36 . Mr. Lilly's History

the. court fell into a great laughter, moff:
of the court being Aldermen. H$ was
to have been fet upon the pillory for this
cheat 5 but John Taylour, tne Water Poet,
being his great friend, got the Lord Chief
Juftice Richardfon to bail bim, ere he
ftood upon the pillory, and fo Hart fled
prefently into Hollands 'where he ended
his days. It was my fortune, upon the
fale of his books in 1*634, to buy Argoll's
Primum Mobile for fourteen fhillings,
which I only wanted.

In Lambeth Mgffli at the fame time
lived one Captain Bubb, who refolved
horary queftions aftrologically ; a proper
handfome man, well fpoken, but withal
covetous, and of no honefty, as^ will ap-
pear by this fl:ory> for which he ftood
upon the pillory. A. certain butcher was
robbed, going to a fair, oiF forty pounds-;
he goes to Bubb, who for ten pounds
in hand paid, would help him to the
riiief;. appoints the butcher fuchanight
precifely, to watch at fuch a place, and
the thief fliould cpnie tbither ; command-
ed him by any means to ftop him; the
batcher . attends according to direftion.
About twelve; in the night there comes
.one riding very fiercely upon a fuUgal-
.lop, whom the butcher kno<jks' down,
.and feized both upon ntan and horfe:
. ^ * ^ the

OF HIS Life and Times* 37

The butcher brings the man and Horfe^
to the next town, but then the perfon
whom the butcher - attacked ^ was John,
' the fervant of Dr. Bubb ; for which the :
Captain was indifted and fufFered upon
the pillory, arid afterwards coded his
days in great difgrace.

There was alfo one JefFry ' Neve, at
this time a ftudient in phyfick and aftro- •.
logy ; he had formierly been a merchant in :
Yarmouth, and Mayor of the^town. but
failing in eftate, went into tlie iow-*
Countries, and at Franecker took the
degree of Doftor in Phyfick j'iie had
fome little fmattering in aftrology ; could
refolvc a queftion of theft, or love^quef-
tion, fomething of ficknefs j a very grave
perfon, laborious and honeflr, of tall fta-
ture and comely feature ; he.died of late
years^ almoft in the very ftreet near Tower-.
Hill: He had a defign of printing two-
hundred verified queftions, and defired my
approbation ere they went to the prefs ;
that I firft would fee them, • and thea
give teftimony. When I had perufed
the firft forty, I correfled . thirty of
them, would read over no more : I
fhewed hini how erroneous they were,
defired his emendation of the reft, which
he performed not, Th^fe were after-
'V^ar^s, in R. Saunders^s cuftody, bought
P 3 by

3^ Mr. LrLLv's History

by hhn eifcher of his fon or of a Azti^
oner: (a)

There was then WiBiain Poofe, ^.
nibler at' aftrology, fometimes a gardener,
an anp*-it6r, a Arav^rer of linen > as quoifs>
hanakerthiefs ; a plaifterer and a brick-
layer i he would brag many times he had
bfccn of feventeefi profeffiqns; was very
good cofepany for drolling, as you your-
felf very well remember (moft honoured
Sir) ;* (6) he pretended to poetry ; and
that pofterity may have a tafte of it, yqu
fhall Here have inferted two verfes of his
dwri making; the dceafion of makingj
them was thus. One Sir Thomas Jayj,
a Juftice of the Peace in Rofemary-Lane,
iffuect out his warrant for the apprehen*
fion of Poole, upon a pretended fuggefr
tiori, that he ivas in company with lomc
lewd people in a Tavern, where a filvcr
€up was loft, Anglice ftolen. l^oole
hearing of the watrant, packs up his
little trunk of books, being all his library,
and runs to Weftminfter; but hearing
foriie months after that the Juftice was
dead and buried, he came and enquired

(4) But firft offered to be fold to mc fof twenty
fliHIings. When Mr. Saunders died I bought them of
his fon for lefs.— E, A ■ ■ ■ .

(b) I J Dfecfcmber this WilHairt Poole was lnarrie4
to Alice How, at St. George's Church in South wariu
Mr. miy gave her to him.

IBrhere

OF HIS Life and Time^. ^o

where the grave iw^as ; and after the dif-
cn^rg9 of his^fa^^^^ left

tl^ief^twp y^ffes ijppjrx it/ wmc^^
l:^Vmadekim^ " ' ' ^ ^^ ^ '

Her^ li^di buried Sir ThQni^s Jay, Knight,
Who being ilead', I upoh his gtSve cM &il6.

He die4 abput 1651, or 1652, at St*
Mary Ovcry's in Southwark ; ' and this^
was part of his laft will. ' ' !

* Item; I give to Dr. Ardee all my books/
^ and o?if^ manufcripl: of my own/ worttf
t one hundred of Lilly's Introduftjon/ ^

f Item 5 If Dr. Ardee give my wife any
< thing th2|.t is mine, I wiih the* devil ma^
f fetch him body and foul/ The n6£ioi^
tjprriJSed with this eurfe, gave me ail the
booljLS and his goods, which I prefently
gave to his yi\AQ^\T^l^t^rd^m feria jocis. •

Npyy aifo lived this Dr. Ardee, but his
tru^ rianip was" Richard Delahay, formerly
an Attorney: he* ftudied aftroldgy and
phyflek, being "^m 'nect^aity, aiid forced
from Dcrbyftiire^ where he ^haij lived,
hy the old*Cquriters of Shrewflniry*; h^
was of mcfderate judgment, l>oth in aftro-
Jbgy and phyl^cfc. ' He had formeiiy beefi
w&l acquauited! wU}x Cliarles Sle<^d, {a)

(a) Of Jhis iC^arics .Skdd, there is igeption made
}n Dr. bee*s book of tiis difcourfc with fpirits, fct form.
^y Dr. Caufaboin, pao;e 17.

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40 Mr. Lilly's History

an apothecary, who ufed the cryftal, and
Had a very perfeft fight. This Dr. Ardee
Hath niahy times affirmed unto me, {ejlo
Jides) that an angel, one time, appeared
unto hitn, and offered him a Icafe of hi^
life for one thoufand years : he died about
the age of fourfcore years ; left his wi-
dow, who married into Kent, {d) worth
two or three thoufand pounds, and Wil-'
Ham Poole's eftate came to four or fiv«^
pounds.

In the years 1632, and 1633, John
Booker became famous for a predi6lionr
of his upon a folar eclipfe in the igth
degree of Aries 1663, taken out of
Leovitius de magnis conjun6tionibus, wz.
Ob Reges & Principes, &c. Both the King
of Boheriiia, and Guftavus King of
Sweden, dying during the effefts of that
eclipfe.

John . Booker was bora in Mancheftcr,
of good parentage, in thcye»r 1601 ; was
in his youth well inftrufted in the Latin
tongue, which he underftood very well :
He feemed from his infancy to be dcfign-
cd for.aftrology; for from the time he
had any underftanding, he would be air
ways poring on, and ftudying almanacks.
He came to London at fitting years, and
fcrved an apprenticefliip to an haber-r

(a) TooncJ^m-eland.

dafher

OP HIS Life and Times. 41

aaftier in Laurence-Lane, /London ; but;
either wanting ftock to fet up, difliking '
the calling, he left his trade, and taught
to write at Hadley in Middlefex feveral
fpholars in that fchool: He wrote fingu-'
larly well both Secretary and Roman.'
In procefs of time he Terved Sir Chrifto-*
pher Clethero, Knight, Alderman of
London, as his clerk, being a city Juf-
tice of Peace : He alfo was clerk to Sir
jiugh Hammerfley, Alderman of Lon-'
don, both which he ferved with great*
' credit and eftimation ; and by that means,
became not only well Icnown, but as well
refpefted of the moft eminent citizens of
London, even to his dying day.

He was an excellent proficient in aftro-
logy, whofe excellent verfes- upon the
twelve months, framed according to the
configurations of each month, bemg blef-
fed with fuccefs according to his pre-
^iftions, procured him much reputation
all over England : He was a very honeft
pian, abhorred any deceit in the art he
ftudied; had a curious fancy in judging
pf thefts, and as fuccefsful in refolving
love-queftions : He was no mean profi-
cient in aftronomy; he underftood much
i{\ phyfick; was a great admirer of the
antimonial cup; not unlearned in chy-
miftry, which he Ipved well, but did not
pr^ijlife. He was inclined to a diabetes ;

and

4i, Mil* LiLLY/s HlSjTpRY

cmd in t^ Jaft three ycai:s of lys life wa^
shifted wit.^ ^ dy(enjtery, which ^t laft:
confuroe^ niipr tq npjtlijini;: He 4ied of
^od fame v^ i'6i67. Since his' deccafe I
have feen one n^tiyity of his performance
e^^6tly dir^ftgd^ ^nd ividged wit^ as m^ch
le^irwng ^s, from a(t]fqlqg;x can '^e ex-

m^ ^l?r^ry qf jpoojc? came fliort of thq
yv^prid's ^pprQ^^tiQn, aind were t|y his^
widow fojd to 5liA5 Afhmole-^ Efq; whc|
rj^pfl §ene;-ovifly gave her (a) far more
money than they were wprth ^ bjut q^t of
l|is refpefts unto t)ie deceafe^ and hi§
jqf^^emory, he moft \¥il}ilig!y T>%\^ hpT t|ie
money.' FJe left Ijenind him two fon^
arid twQ daughters. H? Ipft it} wriiing
Vefyljttle bi}tl}is arjinual prognpf^jcations^
Jfe |)egan firft to write about tlie year
1630 } Jie wrote geljiurji Hibernicale; in
the time qf the long parliament, a very
l^her and jucjigioijs boqk : the epiftle there-
unto I gavg him. He wrote lately a
fiDiall treatife pi jE^fter-Day^ a very learned
thing, wherein jie (hew^d much learning
§ind readii?]^. To fay no more pf hin^
he Jived ^fx honeft man, hi? faipe i^oi
q\i(;ftj[Qned git his death.

la thi? ye^f 1633* ^ *^^^^^^ acquainted
with Nicholas Fi&e, licentiate in phyfici^

(a) They ccft me 140 pom)d§,

who

OE HI& Li-FE A^D TiMsa. 43^

wrh© was bocn in Suffolk^ near Fram^n^^r
ham {6) CaflJe, of very good parentage^
who educated him at country fchoolsj^
until he was fit for the umiverfity; but
Ke went npt to. the acaderay,, ftudying ^t*
home hoth aftrology and phyfick, which*
he afterwards pra^fed m Colchefterj
3nd there was well acquainted with Dr,
^Gilbert, who wrote De Magnete. He
came afterwards unto London, and exer-.
cifed his faculty in feveral places thereof •
(For in his youth he would never ftay
long in one houfe.) In 1633 he was fent
for out of Suffolk by Dr. Winfton of
Grefham College, to inftiuft the Lprd
Treafurer Wefton's fon in arithmetick,
aftronomy upoi\ the globes, and thehr
ufes. He was a pcrfon very fludious,
laborious, of ^ood apprehenfion, and had
by his own mduftry obtained both in
jaftrok>gy, phyfick, arithmetick, aftro-
nomy, geometry and algebra, fingular
judgment : He would in aftrology refolv^
horary queflions very foundlv ; but ^yas
fver diffident of his own apUities: H^
was exquifitely fkilful in the art of direc-^
tions upon nativities, and had a good
genius in performing judgment thereupon^
but very unhappy he was, that Jie ha4

.(h) Tliere is no fuch place in Suffolk^ h .beln^
inklaten far Fra^riingham ihthat county,

44 Mr. Lilly's History

no genius in teaching his fcholars, for'
he never perfefted any : his own Ion
Matthew hath often told me, that where '
his. father did teach any fcholars in his
dme, they would principally learn of him;
he had Scorpio afcending, and was fe-
cretly envious to thofe he thought had
more 'parts than himfelf; however, I
muft be ingenuous, and do affirm, that*
By frequent converfation with him, I
came to know which were the beft au-
thors, and much to enlarge my judg-.
ment, efpecially in the art of direftions :
He vifited me moft days oijce after I
became acquainted with him, and would
communicate his moft doubtful qucftions
unto me, and accept of my judgment
therein rather than his own : He Angu-
larly well judged and direfted Sir Robert
Holborn's nativity, but defired me to
adjudge the firft houfe, feventh and tenth
thereof, which I did, and which nativity
{fihce Sir Robert gave it me) came to
your hands, and remains in ycSur library;

{bh Ipai-ned Efquire] he died about the
eventy'-eighth year of his age, poor.
^ In this year alfo William Bredon, par-
jTofi cJr vicar of Thornton in Buckingham-
tliire, was living, a profound divine, but
abfolutely the moft polite perfon for na-
Itivitifes in that age, ftriftly adhering to
Piolomy, which he well underftood; he

had

» OF HIS Life andtTlmis. ^^

had a hand in compofing Sir. Chri^ophpr
Meydon's defence of. judicial aftrology,
being that time his chaplain; he was To
given over to tobacco and drink, th^t
when he had no tobacco, he. would cut
the bell-ropes and fmoke them.

I come now to continue the ftory gf
njy own life, but thought it not iijco|i-
venient to commit unto memory fom?-
thing concerning thofe perfons who prac-
tifed when firfl* I became a ftudent in
aftrology ; I have wrote nothing concern-
ing any of them, which I myfelf do not
cither know, or believe to be true.

In OftoSer 1633 my firft wife died,
and left me whatever was hers : it was
confiderable, very near to the value of
one thoufand pounds.

One whole year and more I continued
a widower, and followed my ftudies very-
hard ; during which time a fcholar pawn-
ed unto me, for forty (hillings, Ars
Notoria, {a) a large volume wrote in
parchment, with the names of thofe an-
gels, and tlieir piftures, which are thought
* and believed by wife men, to teach and
inftruft in all the feveral liberal fciences,
and is attained by obferving elefted times,

(a) Among Dr. Napier's MSS. I had an Ars No-
toria, written by S. Fonnanin large vdlum.

and

-43S Mfc/LtLxV^ l4lSt«R^

^and thc^ fpraycrs appropriated unto the

^ t flo ingemionfly 'dekirowledge, Jiifed

;<h'6fe prajrers according to the form and

'iifretftioh prefcrftrcdfor fame weeks, ufing

the word aftrologia'for aftronomia ; feixt of

^this no more : That Ars Notoria, irlferted

hi the^ latter md trf Corndius Agrippa

'ftgnHEith nothing ; many of the prayers

-'being not tlie fame, nor is *f he direiftion

to Thefe prayers anything coiffiderable.

In the year .116.34, 1 taught Sir George

!Peck1iaSYi, Kni^t, idftrology, i:hat part

which concerns ficknefs, wherein 4ie fo

Vprofited, that in two' or thrcfe months he

woiild give a vei7 tiue difcovery of any

difeafe, oiily by his figures : ^H^e praftifcd

.in Nottingham, but unfortunately tlied

in 1635, at St. Winifred's Well in Wales ;

'in which'well he continued ' fo* long mum-

'bling hisJPater ^Nojiers and SanSla Wim-^

frida or a 'pro me, "thatihe cold f^ruck into

his body ; and, after his coming ^forth

of that well, never fpoke more.

In this year I624, I purchafed the
moiety 6f thirteen houfes in the Strand
' fdr'five hundred andnhirty pounds.

Tri "November, the rSth day, 'I- was
again the fecond time married, and had
^Hve*' hundred pounds portion with that
^ wife J fhe was' of the nature of Mars.

Two

. **!Vo acddents hkiJ|fenea f6 frte lih fll«fe
X^ear'fdmeftirig memorable. "

' TMvy RaMfey, -His I^Jte^efty's 'elodsu
•ihaker, "had -been irif6#i«6d, thfett tlifeife
Was la ^f<sat <ju^ntJty df treiftife btiril^
^ih 'fHe cloyfeer <jf Wiiftfniiiftei'-Abbfiyi,
♦Ke ^slctjitefhts •0eian XvillkhiS tbdifeWitk,

^ffie 'I>eah give hirii 4ib>eFty ^to'fe^reh afeJr
»it, Vifh tMs iir<T*ifo, -th^t 'if 'itty ^was
•^fcdveFed, Kis 'church ^Jhofald 'hate ^
•ihare of ^it. Da^^y (Ramfeyf fi'rJds ^JOtf^SMfe
'Jolwi -Scott, (fl)^Kb pfef6iidgd<^ ufe'-df
*the'M0fai^l^r6ds/to aflift hifti fefteih : 3l
was defired to join'with Mm, iiftfo'Whieh
•i cohftnKd. "-One WMtfei^s -ti^ht iDavy
TRMlBy, Ivith fevferd gentfetfiili, -'ftiyfeff,
^iitl Sedtt, kaUied "the -cfoyftef^; We
-pkyfed the liiifeel-f^d 'fdtmd J^tfeitt the
'cfeyilerj'^bon'tKewefti^fide hf the cloy-
'fters'^the rods tullried loiie b^r^lftother,
•rfn ii^^ftierit that ihe tJeafufe "^^s *ere t
The -labodreh ^igg^d at leaft -fixifeidt
%eep, arid then we rhSt^fh ^ eeffin-;
but 'in iegafd it ^w^s "not htiavy, "^We -d&i
''iiot <jp>6n, ' wlii^ "v^e ^ afftnVards fiiuch
''repented : From ^the krlbyfters We "WcAt
•into' the- Abbey ehupch, '^Wliere, u^pdn^a
'fiidtien, (there -bttftg-iik* Wind "-Wh^' We

, Xa) This Stfott' lived in PBddiBg-tane,'-'and'h3i
fome time been a page for fucJi like) to the Lord
Nori IS.

i>egan)

^ Mn. Lilly's History

began) fo fierce, fo high, fo bluftering
and loud a wind did rife, that we verily
believed the weft-end of the church would
have fallen upon us ; our rods would not
move at all ; the candles and torches, all
but one, were extinguifhed, or burned
very dimly : {a) John Scott, my partner,
was amazed, looked pale, knew not what
to think or do, until I gave direftions
and command to difmifs the Daemons;
which when done, all was quiet again,
and each man returned unto his lodging
late, about twelve o'clock at night; I
,couid never fince be induced to join with
any in fuch-like aftions.

The true mifcarriage of the bufihefs,

,was by reafon of fo many people being

prefent at the operation; for there was

above thirty, fome laughing, others de-

.riding us ; fo that if we had not difmiffed

the Daemons, I believe moft part of the

Abbey church had been blown down;

fecreey and intelligent operators, with a

ftrong confidence and knowledge of what

.they are doing, are beft for this work. *

In 1634, or 1635, a Lady living in
Greenwich, who had tried all the known
artifts in London, but to no purpofe,
came weeping and lamenting her con- .

{a) Davy Ratnfey brought an half quartern fack to
put the treadfurr in.

dition.

or HIS Life and Times. 49^

dition> which was this : She had per-
mitted a young Lord to have the ufe of
her body, till (he was with child by him ;
after which time he could not or would
not endure her fight, but commanded his
lacquies and fervants to keep his doors
faft ftiut, left, (he fhould get into his
chamber j or if they chanced to fee her
near his lodging, to drive her away, which
they feveral times Jiad done. , Her defire
unto me was to affift her to fee him,
and then fhe fliould be content; where-
upon I ordered fuch a day, fuch an hour
of that day, to try her fortune once more.
She obeyed; and when fhe came to the
King's Bench, where the Lord there was
imprifoned, the outward door ftood wid?
open : none fpeaking a word unto her,
fhe went up ftairs, no body molefting heri
ftie found the Lord's chamber door wide
open: he in bed, not a fervant to be heard
gr feen, fo fhe was pleafed. Three days
after fhe came to acquaint me with her
fuccefs, and then drew out of her pocket
a paper full of ratfbane, which, had Ihe
not had admiffion unto him that day
»I appointed, fhe would in a pint of
white wine have drank at. the flair's foot
where the Lord lodged. The like mif-
fortune befell her after that; when the
Lord was out of the prifon : then I or-
dered her fuch a day to go and fee a play
E ' at

5d MtL. Litht'i HiiTbKir

at Salifbury-Coiaft j which Ihc did, art^
within one quarter of an hour the Lord
came into the fame box wherein Ihe was*
But I grew weary of fuch employments,
and fince have burned my books which
kiftrufted thefe curiofities : For after that
I became mdaricholly, very much afHic^ed
with the hypocondraick melancholly, grow-
ing lean and fpare, and every day worfe 5
fo that in the year 163^5 my mfirmity
cbntinuing, and my acquaintance increa-
fing, I refolved to live in the country,
and in March and April 1636 removed
my goods unto Herfham, where I now
live; and in May my perfon, where I
continued until 1641, no notice being
taken who, or what I was.

In the years 1637 and 163S, I had
great lawfuits both in the Exchequer and
Chancery, about a leafe I had of the an-
nual value of eighty pounds : I got the
viftory,

In the year 1640 I inftrufted John
Humphreys, ' nvafter of that art, in the
ftudy of aftrology: upon this occafion,
4>eing 9t London, by accident in Fleet-
Street, I met Dr. Percival Willoughby of
Derby I we were of old acquaintance, and
lie but by greatt chance lately come t6
town, we went to the Mitre-Tavern in
Fleet-Steeet, where I fent for old Will
PogJe the aftrologer, living then in Ram-

Alley:

OF HIS Life ANO Times. ji

Alley: being cortie to us, the Doclor pro-
duced a bdii, fet forth by a mafter of
arts in Cambridge, intimating his abilities
for refdving of all manner of queftions
aftrologically : The bill was fhewed, and
I wondering at it, Poole made anfwer,
iue knew tlie man, and that he was a
filly fool; * r quoth he, ^ can do mor*e

* than he; he fees me every day, he will

* he here by and by { and indeed he came '
into our roam prefently: Poole had juft
as we came to him fet a figure, and then
fhewed it me, defiring my judgment;
which I refufed, but defired the mafl:ejr
of arts to judge firft; he denied, fo I
gave mine, to the veiy great liking of
Humphreys, who prefently enquired, if

I would teach him, and for what? I
told him I was willing to teach, but
would have one hundred pounds. I heard
Poole, whilft I was judging the .figure
whifper in Humphreys's ear, and fwear
I was the beft in England. Staying three
or four days in town, at laft we con-
traced for forty pounds, for I could
. never be quiet rrom his folicitations ; he
invited me to fupper, and before I had
ftiewed him any thing, paid me thirty five
pounds. As we were at fupper a client
came to fpeak with him, and fo up into
his clofet he went with his client ; I called
him in before he fet his figute, or refolved
E 2 th^

52 Mr. Lilly's MisxoRtr

the queftion, and inftantly acquainted
him how he fliould difcover the moles or
marks of his client : he fet his figure, and
prefently difcovers four moles the que-
rent had ; and was fo overjoyed therc^
with, that he came tumbling down the
ftairs, crying, ' Four by G — , four by
* G — , I will not take one hundred pounds
« for this one rule :' In fix weeks time,
and tarrying with him three days in a
week, he became a moft judicious perfon.

This Humphreys was a laborious per-
fon, vain-glorious, loquacious, fool-hardy,
defirous of all fecrets which he knew not,
infomuch that •he would have given me
two hundred pounds to have inftrufted
him in fome curiofities he was perfuaded
I had knowledge of, but, Artis ejt celere
artem, efpecially to thofe who live not in
-the fear of God, or can be matters of
ttheir own counfels :' He was in perfon
•and condition fuch another as that mon-
"fter of ingratitude my quondam taylor,
•John Gadbury. After my refufal of
teaching him, what he was not capable
■of, we grew ftrange, though I afforded
him many civilities .whenever he required
it ; for after the fiege of Colchefter he
wrote a book agaiiift me, called Anti
'Medinus- Anglicus, married a fecond wife,
•his firft living in Cambridgefhire, then
praftifed pbyfick by a contrary name,
'- . having

OF HIS Life and TiMfis. 53

having intentions to praftife in Ireland-
hfi went to Briftol, but there underftand ;
ing the parliament's forces had reduced
that kingdom, he came back to London^
but duril not abide therein ; bjut running
from his fecond wife; who alfo had ano-
ther hlifband, he went to fea, with in-
tention for Barbadoes, but died by the
way in his voyage. I had never {ttn
John' Booker at that time; but telling
him one day I had a defire to fee him,
but firft, ere I would fpeak with him, I
would fit myfelf with my old rules, and
rub up my aftrology; for at that time
[and this was 1640] I thought John
fiooker the greateftandmoft compleataftro-
loger in the world. My fehplar Hum-
phreys prefently made anfwer, * Tutor, you
^ need not pump for any of your former
^ knowledge, John Booker is no fuch

* pumper; we met,' faith he, 'the other
^ day, and I was too hard for him myfelf,

* upon judgment of three or four quef-

* tions.' If all the tranfaftions happen-
ing unto that my fcholar were in one
volume, they would tranfcend either Guz-
man, Don Quixote, Lazarillo de Tor-
me^, or any other of the like nature I
ever did fee.

Having now in part recovered my

health, being weary of the country, and

perceiving there vyps\fnoney to be got in

E 3 London,

^4 Mil. LitLr's HisTORr

London, and thinking myfclf to be as'
ftifficiently enabled in aftrology as any
I could meet with, I made it my bufi-
nefs to repair thither; and (o in Septem-
ber 1 64 1 I did; wher«, in the years
1642 and 1643, I had great leifure to
better my former knowledge: I then
read over all my books of aftrology, over
and over; had very little or no pradicc
at all: And whereas formerly I could
never endure to read Valentine Naibod'd
Commentary upon Alcabitius, now hav-
ing ferioufly ftudied him, I found him
to be the profoundeft author I ever met
with ; him I traverfed over day and night,
from whom I muft acknowledge to have
advanced my judgment and knowledge
tmto that height I foon after arrived at,
or unto: A moft rational author, and
the Iharpeft expofitor of Ptolomy that
hath yet appeared. To exercife my ge-
nius, I began to colled notes, mid
thought of writing fome little thing
upon the <f of 1? and V then approach-
ing: I had not wrote above one iheet,
and that very meanly, but James Lord
Galloway Came to fee me ; and, by chanccj
cafting his eyes upon that rudp collec-
tion, he read it over, and fo approved
of it, yea, fo encouraged me to proceed
farther, that then, and after that timCi,
I fpent moft of my tim? in compofing

thereof

tl^^of, m4 ^^^^g ^U in the end, into
that method wherein it was' printed 1644,
I -do fprioufly now profefs, | h^ not the
affiftance erf" ^y perfon living, in the
writing or compofing thereof. Mr, Filke
fept nic a fmall manufcript wliich had ■
been Sir Chriftopher Heydo^jj, who .
had wrote fomething of the cpnjuftipn-
of 1} and V, 1603; out of Which, tp:
bring my method in order, J tmnfcribed,
in the beginning, five or fix lines, and
not any more, though th^ graq^iefs felr
low Gadbury wrote the contrary; but,^
Semel & Jemj^r nebuh & metidax. I did
fpnp^ly write one treatife, in the year.
1659, upon the eclipfc of the fun, in the^
nth degree of Gemini, 22 May 1639:'
It confifted of fix fheets of p^per. But
that manufcript I gave untp lAy moft
muniicent patron, and ever bountiful
friend William P^ftningtop, of Mun-
pafter in Cumberland, Efq; a wife an4
jexggllently learped perfon j who, from
th?* y§V J 634, even till he died, conti-
nued unto me the moft grateful- perfon f .
ever was acquainted with. .1 becamjb
iicqu^inte4 with rhim by means of Davy
Ramfey-

:0h! moft npble Efquire, let me now
beg your pardon, \f I digr^f^'fof fome
fijaSall tjyme, in commernqrating his boun-
ty Ufltjtp me, and my req\iitaj of his
i\ ^4. friendlhip;

56 Mr. Lilly's History

friendfhip, by performing many things
fuccefsfuUy for his advantage.

In 16^9 he Was made captain, and
ferved His Majieftr^ in his then wars a-
gainft the Scots; during which time a
fanner's daughter being delivered of a
baftard, and hearing, by report, that he
was flain, fathered the child upon him.
Shortly after he returhed, moft woefully
vexed to be thus abufed, when abferit.
The woman was countenanced by fome
gentlemen of Cumberland, in this her
villany againft him ; fo that, notwith-
ftandmg he had warrants to attach her
body, he could never difcover her: But
yet, hunting her from one place to ano-
ther, her friends thought it moft cdil-
venient to fend her to London, where
fhe might be in moft fafety. She came
up to the city, and immediately I had
notice thereof, and the care of that mat-
ter left unto me. I prociired the Lord
Chief Juftice Bramfton's wairant, and
had it lying dormant by me. She had
not been in th? city above one fortnight,
but that I, going cafually to the clerk of
the affizes office for Cumberland, faw
there an handfome woman 5 and hearing
of her fpcak the northern tone, I con^.
eluded me was the party I did fo want.
I rounded the clerk in his ear, and told
him I would giv^ him five ihillings to

hold

OF HIS Life and Times. 57

hold the woman in chat till I cam6
again, for I had a writing concerned
her. I hafted for my warrant, and ^
conftable, and returned into the office,
feized her perfon before the clerk of the
affizes, who was very angry with me :
It was then feffions at CMd-Bayley, and
neither Judge nor Juftice to be founds
At night we carried her before the Re-
corder, Gardner. It being Saturday at
night, fhe, having no bail, was lent to
Bridewell, where (he remained till Mon-
day. On Monday mornings at the Old-
Bayley, fhe produced bail ; but I defiling
of the Recorder fome time to enquire
after the bail, whether tliey were luffi-
cient, returned prefcntly, and told him
one of the bail was a prifoner in Lud-
gate, the other a very poor man: At
which he was fo vexed, that he fent her
to Newgate, where (he lay all that week,
until flie could pleafe mfe with good fure-
ties; which then fhe -did, and fo was
bound over to appear zt the next affizes
in Cumberland ; which fhe did, and was .
there fentenccd to be whipped, and im-
prifoned one whole year.

This aftion infinitely pleafed Mr. Pen-
nington, who thought I could do won-
ders ; and I was mofl thankfully requited
for it. AU the while of this fcandaloii^
bufinefs, do what h§ could, he coujd jiot

difcovpr

58 Mr. Lilly's History

discover whs^t perfons they were thiat fnp-
pprted her; but the woman's father com-
ing to town, I became acquainted with
hkn, by the name of Mr. Sute, mer-*
chant; invited him to a dinner; got
George Farmer with me; when we fo
jflied him with wine, he could neitlier.
lej5 or feel. J paid the reckoning, being
twenty two fhilhngs. But next morning
the poor man had never a « writing or
letter in. his pocket. I fent them down,
to my friends who thereby difeovered the
plots of feveral gentlemen in the bufinefs ;,
rfter which, Mr. Sute returned to his
aid name again.

Mr. Pennjngtoij was a true royalift,
whom Charles the Sepond made one of
his Conimiflioners of A^ay for Cumber-
land. Having direflions- from me con*
tinually how matters did and would go
Ibetwixt the King and Parliament, he
afted warily, and did but fign one only
warrant of that nature, and then gave
pver. When the times of fequeftrations
came, one John Mu%rave, the moft bold
and impudent fellow, and moft aftive of
all the north of England, and moft mali-
cious againft my friend, hgid got this
warrant under Mr. Pennington's hand
into his cuftody ; which affrighted my
friend, and fo it might, for it was caute
enough of fequeftration, and . yould havp

done

OF HIS LfFlT'ANB TiMEf. jf^

dohe it, Mufgrave intending and 'pro-
mifing himfelf great matters out of bis
eftate, I was^ made acquainted herewith.
Mulgrave being in London, by much
ado, I got acquainted with him, pretends
ing myfelf a bitter enemy againft Pen-
niftgtQn, .wbfereat he very heartily re-
)ok^ji and fo we appointed one night
to meet at liie Five Bells, to con>paFa
notes; for I pretended much. We did
meet, and he very fuddenly produced upon
the table ail his papers, and withal, the
warrant of array unto which my friend
had fet his hand ; which when I faw, ' I
marly,' faid I, * this is his hand I wiS
^ iwear ; now have at all j come, the other
* cup, this warrant (hall pay for all/ J
^bferved where the warrant lay upon the
table, and, after fome time took occafioi^
ignorantly to let the candle fall out, which
whilft he went to light again at the
fire, I made fure of the warrant, and
put it into my boot ; he never miffing it
of eight or ten days i about which time,
I believe, it was above half way towards
Cumberland, foj I inftantly fent it by the
poll, with this friendly caveat, ^ Sin no
^ more/ Mufgrave durft not challenge
'me in thofe times, and fo the bufni^di;
was ended very fatisf^ftory to . his friend,
and no lefs to mvfelf.

6o Mr. Lilly's History

He was, befidcs, extreamly abu(ed by
one Ifaac Antrobus, parlbn of Egremond;
a moft evil liver, bold, and very rich ; at
laft he procured a minifter of that coun-
try, in hope of the parfonage, to; article
againft him in London, before the com-
mittee of plundered minifters. I was
once more invited to foUicit againft An-
trobus, which I did upon three or more
articles.

I. That Antrobus baptized a cock, and
called him Peter.

II. He had knowledge of fuch a wo-
man and of her daughter," ws;. of both
their bodies, in as large a manner as ever
of his own wife.

III. Being drunk, a woman took a cord
and tied it about his pqvy members unto
a manger in a ftable,

IV. Being a continual drunkard,

V. He never preached, &c,

Antrobus was now become a great
champion for the Parliament j but, at
the day of hearing, I had procured abun-
dance of my friends to be there -, for the
godly, as they termed themfelves, fided
with him ; the prefent Matter of the Rolls
was 'Chairman that day. Sir Harbottle
Grimfton.

Who

OF HIS Life an£) TiMfis. .61

\Vho hearing the fouhiefs of the caufe,
was very much afhamed thereof. , 1^ re-
member Antrobus, bein^ there, pleaded
he was in his natural condition when he
afted fo ungracioufly.

« What condition were you in/* faid
the Chairman, • when you lay with men

• ther and daughter ?'

* There is no proof of that/ faith he.

* None but your own confeffiipn/ faid
the Chairman, * nor could any tell fo

• well.'

M am not given to drunkennefs/ quoth
he. ' He was fo drunk within this fort-

• night' quoth I, * he reeled from one
' fide of the ftreet to the other ; here is
^ the witnefs to prove it :' who prefejitly,

• before the committee, being fwom, made
it good, and named the place and ftreet
where he was drunk. So he was ad-
judged fcandalous, and dhted of his be-
nefice, and our minifter had the parfo^
nage.

You cannot imagine how much the
routing of this drunken parfon pleafed
Mr. Pennington, who paid all charges
munificently and thankfully.

But now follows the laft and greateft
kindnefs I ever did him. Notwifhftanding
the committee for fequeftrations in Cum-

.berland were, his vtry good friends, yet
the fub-fequeftrators, of their own heads,

and

4^ Mr. Lilly's History

and without order, and by ftrengtK of
arms, fecured his iron, his wood, and
fo much of his perfonal cftate as was
valued at feven thoufand pounds. Now
had I complaint upon complaint : would
I fuffer my old friend to be thus abufed ?
it was in my power to free him firom thefe
villains.

I hereupon advifed what was beft to
do, and was counfelled to get Mr. Speaker
Lenthall's letter to the fub-fequeftratorfi,
and command them to be obedient to the
committee of the county.

Whereupon, I framed a letter myfeff,
unto the fub-fcqueftrators direfted, and
with it, myfelf and Mr. Laurence Mayd-
,well (whom yourfelf well knew) went
to Mr. Speaker, unto whom we fiiffi-
ciently related the ftubbbrnncfs of the
officers of Cumberland ; their difobcdience
to the committee ; and then fecwed him
the letter, whkh when Jie had read
over, he moft courteoufly figned, adding
withal, thait if they proceeded further in
fequeftring Mr. Pennington, he wouH
command a Serjeant at Arms to bring
them up to anfwer their contempts : I
immediately pofted that letter to my
friend, which when the abfurd fellows
received, they deliv^-cd him polTeiGon of
his goods again; and, for my pains,
when he came to London, gave me one

hundred

or HIS LlF£ AUD TlM3SS. €%

Imndn^ povinds : He di«d in 1652^ of A
tiolent fever. I did carefully^ in 1642
and 1643, take notice o£ every grand
action which happened betwixt King axd
Pirhamenty and did firft then incline to
believe, that as all fiiblunary affairs, d^
^pend upon &peripr caufes^ fo there
was a poffibility of difcovering them by
the configurations of die (uperior bodies ^
in. which way making Ibme efiays in tho&
two years, I found encouragement tp
proceed further, which I did; I perufed
the writings of the ancients, but thcreifi
they were filent, or gave no fatisfaflion 5
«t laft, I framed unto myfelf that me-
thod^ which then and fince I foHow^
iidiidi, I hope, in time may be more per-
fected by a more penetrating perfon than
myfelf.

In 1643, I became familiarly known to
Sir Bulftrode Whitlockc, a member of the?
Houfe of Commons; he being fick, hi^
urine was brought unto me by Mrs.
Lifle, {a) wife to John Lifle, afterwards
one of the keepers of the Great Seal;

(a) She was afterwards beheaded at Winchefter,
for harbouring one Nelthrop, a rebel in the Duke of
Monmouth's army 1685. She had made herfelf re-
markable, by faying at the martyrdom of King Charles
I. 1648, ' that her blood leaped within her to fee the
* tyraat fall ;' for this, when ftie fell into the ftate trap,
flie neither did nor could expeft favour from any of that
martyr!8 family, D* N,

- having

64 MRi ]LltLY's HiSTORY

having fet my figure, I returned anfwef/
the fick for that time would recover, but
by means of a forfeit would dangeroufly
relapfe within one month; which he did,
by eating of trouts at Mr* Sand's houfe,
near Leatherhead in Surrey. Then I
went daily to vifit him. Dr. Prideau de-
fpairing of his life ; but I faid there was
no danger thereof, and that he would
be fofficiently well in five or fix weeks ;
and fo he was.

In 1644, I publifhed Merlinus Anglicus
Junior about April. I had given one day
the copy thereof unto the then Mr. Whit-^*
locke, who by accident was reading there^
of in the Houfe of Commons : ere the
Speaker took the chair, one looked upon
it, and fo did many, and got copies there^
of; which when I heard, I applied my^'
felf to John Booker to licenfe it, for then
he was licenfer of all mathematical books i
I had, to my knowledge, never feen him
before; he wondered at the book, made
many impertinent obliterations, framed
many objeftions, fwore it was not pcdf-^
fible to diftinguifh betwixt King and
Parliament; at laft licenfed it according
to his own fancy ; I delivered it unto the
printer, who being an arch Prelbyterian ^
had five of the miniftry to infpe6l it,
who could make nothing of it, but faid
it might be printed, for in that I meddled
1 not

o? HIS Life and Times. 6$

not ^th thieir Dagoil. The firft im-
prcflion was fold in lefs than one week ;
when I prefented fotne to the membcirs
of Parliament, I complained of John
Booker the licenfer, who had defaced my
book; they gave me order forthwith to
reprint it as I would, and let them
know if any durft refift me in the re-
printing, or adding what I thought fitj
lb the fecond time it Came forth as I would
^ have it.

I liiUft confefs, I now found my fcho-^
. lar Humphreys's words to be tru6 con-*
. cerning John Booker, whom at that time
r found but moderatelv verfed in aftro-
logy; nor could he taKe the circles of
pofition of the planets, until in that
year I inftrufted him . After ^ny Introduc-
tion in 1647 became publiCk, he amended
beyond meafure, by ftudy partly, and
partly upon ettiulation td keep up his
fame and reputation; fo that fince 1647,
I have feen fome nativities by him very
judicioufly {)erformed. When the printer
prefented him vnth an Introduftion of
mine, as foon as they were forth of the
prefs ; * I wifti,' faith he, ' there was ne-
* ver another but this in England, con-
' ditionally I gave one hundred pounds
/ for this.' After that time we were very
great friiends to his dying ^Jay.

F ^ In

66 Mr. Lilly's Hwtory

In June 1644, I pubfifhcd Supernatu-
ral Sight; and, indeed, if I could haVe
procured the dull ftationer to have45ecn
at charges to have cut .the icon or forRi
of that prodigious apparition, M I 'had
drawn it forth, it would have given gi'eat
fatisfa6lion ; however, ^the aftrological
judgment tliereupon had its fuU'^rvent <h
every particular. O

That year alfo I publifhed the White ^
King's Prophecy, of which there were fold
in three days eighteen hundred, fo thSt *
it was oft reprinted: I then made no ^,
commentary upon it.

In that year I printed the Prophetical
Merlin, and had eight pounds for the
copy.

I had then ,no farther intention to trou-
ble the prefs any more, but Sir Richard
Napper having received one of Captain
Wharton's Almanacks for 1645, ^^^
the name Naworth, he came unto me :

* Now, Lilly, you are met withal, fee

* here what Naworth writes/ The words
were, he called me * an impudent fcnk^

* lefsferiowjj. andby name William Lilly.'

Befojfe^tfcat time, I was more Cavalier
than Roundhead, and fo taken notice of;
but after that I engaged body and foul
in the-caiife of Parliament, but ftill with
much afteC^ion to his Majefty's perfon

and

OF ttis Life and Times. ty

aftd ttnto monarchy, which I ever loved
and approved beyond any govcmmfent
whatfoever; and you v^rill find in this
ftory many paflages of civility which I
did, and endeavoured' to do, with the
hazard of my life, for his Majefty : But
God had ordered alt his affairs and coun-
fels to have no fucceflcs ; as in the fequel
will apjpear.

To vindicate my imputation, and to
cry quittance with NaWorth, againft
whom i was highly incenfed, to work
1 went again for Angfecus 1645 ^ which
as foon as finilhed I got to the prefs,
thinking every day one month till it was
publick : I therdn made ufe of the King's
nativity, and finding that his afcendant
was approaching to the quadrature of
Mars, about Jun« 1645, I giive this un-
lucky judgment; * If now we fight, a
* vidlory fteakth upon us y and fo it did
in June 1645, at Nafeby, the mofl fatal
overthrow he ever had.

In this year 1645, I publifhed a trea-
tife call the Starry MefTenger, with an
interpretation of three funs feen in Lon-
don 29 May 1644, being Charles the
Second's birth -day: In that book I
alfo put forth an aftrological judgment
concerning the effects of a folar eclipfe,
vifible the nth of AugUfl 164^. Two
days before its publifhing, my.antagonift,
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68 Mr. Lilly's History

Captain Wharton, having given his aftrtK
logical judgment upon his Majcfly's pre-
fent march from Oxford ; therein again fell
foul ' againft me and John Booker : Sir
Samuel Luke, Governor of Ncwport-
pagnel, had the thing came to his gar*
rifon from/Oxford, which prefently was
prefented unto my view. I had but
twelve hours, or thereabout, to anfwer
it, which I did with fuch fuccefs as is
incredible; and the printer printed both
the March and my anfwer. unto it,
and produced it to fights with my Starry
Mefl'enger, which came •forth and was
made publick the very day of the Parlia-
ment's great viftory obtained againft his
Majefty in perfon at Nafeby, under the
condu6t of the Lord Thomas Fairfax.

That book no. fooner appeared,, but
within fourteen days complaint was made
to the committee of examinations. Miles
Corbet then being Chairman, my mor-
tal enemy, he who after was hanged,,
drawn, Snd quartered, for being one of
the King's Judges; he grants his war-
rant, and a melienger to the Serjeant at
Arms feizeth my perfon. As I was going
to Weftminfter with the meflenger, I met
Sir Philip Stapleton, Sir ChriftopherWray,
Mr. Denzil Mollis, Mr. Robert Reynolds,
who, by great fortune, had the Starry
MeiTenger fheet by (heet from me as it

came

OF HIS Life and Times. 69

came from the prefs. They prefently fell
a fmjling at me ; * Miles Corbet, Lilly,

* will punifli thee foundly ; but fear no-
*- thing, we will dine, and make hafte

* to be at the Committee time enough to do

* the bufmefs / and fo they moil honour-
ably performed; for they, as foon as they
came, fat down, and put Mr. Reynolds
purpofely into the chair, and I was called
m; but Corbet being not there, they
bid • me withdraw until he came ; which
when Tie did, I was commanded to ap-
pear, and Corbet defired to give the caufe
of my being in reftraint, and of the
Committee's order. Mr. Reynolds was
purpofely put into^ the chair, and con-
tinued till my bufihefs was over.

Corbet produced my Anglicus of 1645,
and faid there were many fcandalous
paffages therein againft the Commiffioners
of the Excife in London. He produced
one paflage, which being openly read by
himfelf, the wholi committee adjudged it
to fignify the errors of fub-officers, but
had no relation to the Commiffioners
themfclves, which I affirmatively main-
tained to be the true meaning as the
committee declared.

Then Corbet found out another dan- .
gerous place, as he thought, and the
words were thus in the printed book —

* In the name of the Father, Son, and

F 3 ' Holy

70 Mr. Lilly's History

' Holy Ghoft, will not. the Exciib pay
' the foldiers ?'

Corbet very ignorantly read, Vwill not
' the Eclipfe pay foldiers ?' at which tl>c
Committee fell heartily .to laugh at h^m,
and fo he became filent. .

There was a great many Pfu^liament
men there ; the chamber was full. * Have

* you any more againft ]Mr. Lilly ?' cried
the chairnaan.

• Yes/ faith the SoUicutor for the Ex-
cife, * fince his Starry Meffenger capie
' forth we had our houfe burnt, and thq
' Commiflioners pulled by their cloaks in
*, the Exchange/ ^ Pray, Sir, when was

* this,* afked old Sir Robert Pye, ' that

* the houfe was burnt, and the Aldermen
' abufed ?' * It was in fuch a week,' fa:ith
he. ' Mr. Lilly, when came the book
' forth ?' ' The vety day of Nafeby fight,*
anfwered Mr. Reyndds, * nor needs he
^ be alhamed of writing it: I had i^
' daily as it came forth of the prefs : It

* was then found the houfe to be burnt,

* and the Aldermen abufc;d, twelve days

* before the Starry Meffenger. came forth/

* What a lying fellow art thou, * ..faith
Sir Robert Pye, ' to ^^i:^ us fo!' This
he fpoke to the Qpl^itor. Then ftpod
up one BafTell, a merchant : he inveighed
bittedy againft roe, being a Pre&yterian;
and vfould hav? ; 1^ mj^ b«>ks burnt;

* Yon

OF HIS Life and Times, 71

* You fmell more of a citizen than a

* fcholar, ' replied Mr, Francis Drake.
I was ordered to withdraw, and by and
by was called in, and acquainted the
Committee did difcharge me. But I cried
with a loud voice, * I was under a mef-

* fenger Y whereupon the Committee or-
dered him or the Serjeant at Arms not
to. take any fees / Mr, Reynolds faying,
^ Literate men never pay any fees/

But within one week after, I was likely-
to have had worft fuccefs, but that the
before-named gentlemen ftoutly befriend-
ed me. In my Epiftle of the Starry Mef-
fcnger, I had been a little too plain with
the Committee of ' Leicefterfhire ; who
thereof made complaint imto Sir Arthur
Haxdrigg, Knight for that county; he
was a furious perfon, and made a motion
in the Houfe of Commons againft me,
and the bufmefe was committed to that
Committee, whereof Baron. Rigby was
Chairman. A day was. afligned to hear
the matter ; in the morning whereof, as
Ipaffed by Mr. Pullen's fhop in St. Paul's
Church-yard, Pullen bad God be with
you, and named me byname. Mr. SeK
den being there, and hearing my name,
gave direftion to call me unto him,
where he acquaints ijie with Hazelrigg's
humour and malice towards me, called
for the Starry M^efTenger, and having
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72 Mr. Lilly's History

read over the words mentioning that
Committee, he afked me how I would
anfwer them?^I related what I woujd
have faid, but^ he contradicted mp, and
acqusdnted me what to fay, and how
to anfw6r. In the afternoon I went tq
appear, but there was no Committee
fet, or would fit; for both Mr. Rey-
nolds and Sir Philip Stapleton, and my
other friends, had fully acquainted Barop
Rigby with the bufinefs, and defired not
to call upon me until they appeared f
for the matter and charge intended againft
me was very frivolous, and only prefented
by a cholerick perfbn to pleale a com-
pany of clowns, meaning me Committee
of Leicefter. Baron Rigby faid, if it
were fo Jie would not meddle with the
matter, but exceedingly defired to fee me.
Not lon|f after he met Sir Arthur, and
acquainting him what friends appeajred
for me, faxd, * I will then profecute him
* no further/

All the ancient aftrologers of Eng-
land were much ftartled and confounded
at my manner of writing, efpecially 0I4
Mr. William Hodges, who lived near
Wolverhampton in StafFordlhire, and
mai>y others who underftood aftrology
competently well, as they thought. Hodges
fwore I did more by aftrology than he
could by the cryftal, and ufe thereof,

which

OF HIS Life and Times^ 73

vMch indeed he underftood as perfcftly
as aay one in England. He was a great
royalift, but could never hit any thing
right for that party, though he much
defired it : He refolved queftions aftro-
logically ; nativities he meddled not with ;
in things pf other nature, which required
more curiofity, he repaired to the cryf-.
tal : His angels were Raphael, Gabriel,
and Uriel: his life anfwered not in ho-
linefs and fanflity to what it fhould,
having to deal with thofe holy angels.
Being contemporary with me, I fhall re-*
late what my partner John Scott, the
feme Scott as is before-mentioned, af-
firmed of him. J<An Scott was a little
fldlful in furgery and phyfick, fo was
Will Hodges, and had formerly been a
ichool-mafter. Scott having fome occa-
fions into StafFordfhire, ^ddrefled himfelf
for a month or fix weeks to Hodges,
^0ifted him to drefs his patients, let
blood, &c. . Being to return to London,
he deiir«i Hodges to (hew him the per-
fon and feature of the woman he fhould
marry. Hodges cairies him into a field
not far from his houle, pulls out his
<:ryftal, bids Scott fet his foot to his,
-and, ^fter a while, wifties him to infpeft
Jthe cryftal, and obferve what he faw
there. ' I fee,' faith Scott, * a ruddy com-
f plexioned w^npk jin g red w?uftcoat,

* drawing

74 MR- Lilly's Hjstokv

* drawing a can of beer/ < She muft be
'your wife/ faid Hodges. 'You are

* miftaken. Sir, " faid Scott. • I am, fo

* foon as I come to London, to marry a

* tall gentlewoman in the Old-Bailey.*

* You muft marry the red waiftcoat,* faid
Hodges. Scott leaves the country, comes
up to London, finds his gentlewoman
married: Two years after going into
Dover, in his return, he refreihed him-
felf at an inn in Canterbury, and as he
came into the hall, or firft room therecrf",
he miftook the room, and went into the
buttery, where he efpied a maid, defcribed
by Hodges, as before faid, drawing a
can of beer, &c. He then more nar-
rowly viewing her perfon and habit, found
her, in all parts, to be the fame Hodges
had defcribed; after which he becartK a
fuitbr unto lier, znA was married unto
her; which woman I have often feen.
This Scott related unto me feveral times,
being a very honeft perfon, and made
great confcience of what he fpoke. Ano-
ther ftory of him is as foUoweth, which
I had related from a perfon which welt
knew the truth of it.

A neighbour gentleman of Hodges loft
his horfe ; who having Hodges 's advice
for recoveiy of him, did again obtain
him. Some years after, in a frolick, he
thought to abflfe him, acquainting . a

neighbour

OF HIS Life anb Tim|:s. 75-

neighbour therewith, i>iz. Th^t he had
formerly loft a horfe, weat to Hodges-*-
recovered hiija again» but feith it wm
by chance 5 I might have had him with-,
put going unto him : * Come, let's go, I
f^ will now put a tricjc nj^on him 5 I wiU

* leave fome boy or other at the town*»-^
' eijd with my horfe, and then go to Hodges
f and enquire for him/ - He did lb, gave
bis horfe to a yc)uth, with orders to
walk him till he returned. Away he
goes with his friend, falutes Mr, Hodges,
thanks him for his former courtefy, and
now deiires the like, having loft a horfe
very lately. Hodges, after fome time of
paufing, faid; ^ Sir, yQur horfe is loft,
^ and never to be recovered/ , * I thought

* what Ikill you had,' replies the gallant,

* my horfe is walking in a lane at the
^ town's-end/ With that Hodges fworc
(as he was too much given unto that
vice) * your horfe is gone, and you will
f never have him again/ The gentleman
departed in great derifion of Hodges,
and went where he left his horfe : when
he came there, he fomid the boy faft
afleep upon the ground, the horfe gonCi
the boy's arm in the bridle.

He jreturns again to Hodges, defiring
his aid, being forry for hi? iformer abufe.
pld WiU fwore like a devil, * Be gone, be
f g^^ t g<> ipok your horfe. ' This buftnefs

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^6 Mr. Lilly's Historv

ended not lb; for the malicious man
brought Hodges into the ftar-chamber,
bound him over to the aflizes, put. Hodges
to great expences : but, by means of the
Lord Dudley, if I remember aright, or
fome other perfon thereabouts, he over-
came the gentleman, and was acquitted.

Befides this, a gentlewoman^, of my
acquaintance, and of credit, in Leicefter-
Ihire, having loft a pillion-cloth, a very
new one, went to defire his judgment.
He ordered her fuch a day to attend at
Mountforrel in Leicefterfhire, and about
twelve o'clock flic ftiould fee her pillion-^
cloth upon a horfe, and a woman uport
it. My friend attended the hour and
place; it being told, flie muft needs
warm herfelf well, and then enquired if
any paflengers had lately gone by the inn ?
Unto whom anfwer was made, there
paflfed by whilft ftie was at the fire, abQUt
half an hour before, a man, and a wo-
man behind him, on horfe-back. Inquir-
ing of what colour the pillion-cloth was
of; it was anfwefed, dire6lly of the" colour
my friend's was : They purfued, but too
late.

In thofe times, there lived one William
Marfti in Dunftable, a man of godly life
and upright converfation, a Reculant. By
aftrology he refolved thievifli queftions
with great fuccefe; that was his utmoft

fole

OF HIS LiFfi AND TjMES. "JJ

fole practice. He was many times in
trowble ; but by Dr. Napper's intereft with
the Earl of BoUngbroke^, Lord Wentworth,
after Earl of Cleveland, he ftill conti-
nued his praftice, the faid Earl not per-
mitting any Juftice of Peace to vex him.

This man had only two books, Guido
and Haly bound together: He had fo
mumbled and tumbled the leaves of both,
that half one fide of every leaf was torn
even to the middle. I was famiUar with
him for many years: He died about
1647.

A word or two of Dr. Napi)er, who
lived at Great Lindford in Buckingham-
fhire, was parfon, and had the advowfon
thereof. He defcended of worfhipful pa-
rents, and this you muft believe ; for when
Dr. Napper's brother. Sir Robert Nap-
per, a Turkey merchant, was to be made
a jj^aronet in King James's reign, there
was fome difpu.te whether he could prove
himfelf a gentleman for three or more
defcents. * By my faul,' faith King James,

* I will certify for Naj^er, that he is of
f above three hundred years ftanding in

* his family, all of them, by my faul,

* gentlemen,' &c. However, their family
came into England in King Henry the
Eighth's time. The parfon was Matter of
Arts I but whether doftorated by degree
or courtefy, becaufe of his profeffion, I

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7^ MiL4 trtxLv*s History

know not. Mifcanying one day in the
^Ipit, he never after ufed it, but all
his life-time ^kept^ in his houfe ibme ex^
•celleftt icholar or other to officiate for
-him, pMi allowance of a good failary:
He out-went Forman in phvfick and
holinefs of life^ cured the falling-fick-.
nefs perfeftly by conftellated rings, fome
dileafes by amulets, &c.

A maid was much afflifted with the
falling-ficknefs, whofe parents applied
therrtfelws unto him for cure : he framed
her a conftellated ring, upon wearing
-whereof, fhe recovered perfeftly. Her
parents acquainted fome fc^uptflous divmee
with the cure of their daughter : * The

* cure is done by inchantment,* fay they.
^ -Caft away the ring> it's diabolical ; God

* cannot blefs you, if you do not caft the

* ring away/ The ring was caft into the
well, whereupon the maid became epi-
leptical as formerly, and endured much
mifery for a long time. At laft her
'parents cleanfed the well, and recovered
the ring again ; the maid wore it, and
her fits todk her no more. In this con-
dition fhe was one year or two; which
the Puritan minifters there adjoining hear-
ing, never left off, till they procured her
parents to caft the ring quite away ;
which done, the fits returned in fuch
violence, that they were enfiDrced to ap-
ply

OF ^I^ LWE AND TlME«. 7f

ply ta the Doftor again, relating at
large the whole ftory, numbly imploring
his once more afliftance; Ijut he could
not be proourid to do .. any thing, only
faid, thofe who defpifed God's mercies,
wer^ tiot capable or worthy of enjoying
them.

I was with him in 163.2, or 1633, upoi;
occafion. He had me up into his libcary^
being excellently furniihed with very
choice books : tiiere he prayed almoft
one hour; he invocated feveral angels in
his prayer, vtz. {a) Michael, Gabriel)
Raphael, tfriel, &c. We parted.

He inftrufted many minifters in aflro-
logy, would lend them whole cloak--bags
of books; protefted them from harm
and violence, by means of his power with
the Earl of (i) Bolirigbroke. He would
confefs my mafter Evans knew more than
himfelf in fome things : and fome time
before he died, he got his coufin Sir
Richard ^o fet a figure to fee when he
fhould die.« Being brought him ; * Well,*
he faM, * the old man will live this win-

* ter, but in the fpring he will die ; wel-

* come Lord Jefus, thy will be done.'

{a) The collect read on Michaelmas day, feems'to
:i11gw of praying to angels. At fome times, upon great
occasions, he had conference with Michael, but vtty
wrely.

(i) Lord Wcntworth, after Earl of Cleveland.

He had many enemies : Cotta, Doftbf
of phjrfick in Northampton, wrote a
fliarp book of witchcraft, wherein, ob-
liquely, he bitterfy inveighed againft the
Doctor.

In 1646, I printed a colle6Hon of Pro-
phecies, with the explanation and verifi-
cation of Aquifa, or the White King's
Prophecy ; as alfo the nativities of Bifhop
Laud and Thomas Earl of Strafford, and
a moft learned fpeech by him intended
to have been fpoke upon the fcaffold.
In this year 1646, after a great confi-
deration, and many importunities, I be-
gan to fix upon thoughts of an Intro-
duftion unto Aftrology, which was very
much wanting, and as earneftly longed for
by many perfons of quality, fomething
alfo much occafioned and haftened the
impreflion, viz. the malevolent barking
of Prefbyterian minifters in their weekly
fermons, reviling the profeffors thereof,
and myfelf particulai-ly by namt.

Secondly, I thought it a difty incum-
bent upon me, to fatisfy the whole^iing-
dom of the lawfulnefs thereof, by fram-
ing a plain and eafy method for any
pcrfon but of indifferent capacity to learn
the art, aitd inflruft himfelf therein,
without any other matter than my In-
troduftion ; by which means, when many
underftood it, I fhould have more partners

and

op. ms Life AND tiMEs. 8i'

and affiftants to eontradidl all and every
antagonift.

Thirdly, 1 found it beft as unto point
of time, becaufe many of the foldiers
were wholly for it, and many of the In-
dependant party ; and I had abundance
of worthy men in. the Houfe of Com-
mons, my affured friends, no lovers of
Preibytery, which then were in great
efteem, and able to proteft the art ; for
fhould the Prefbyterian party have pre-
vailed, as they thought of hothing lefs
than to be Lords of all, I knew well they
would have filenced my pen annually,
aiid committed the Introduftion unto
everlafting filence.

. Fourthly, I had fomcthing of con-
fcience touched my fpirit, and much ele7
vated my conceptions, believiAg God had
not beftowed thofe abilities upon me, to
bury them under a bufhel ; for though
my education was very mean^ yet, by
my continual induftry, and God's great
Aiercy, I found myfelr capable to go for-
ward with the work, and to commit the
iffue thereof unto divine providente*

I had a hard talk in hand to begin the
firft part hereof, and much labour 1 un-
derwent to methodize it as it is*
< I ingenuoufly confefs unto you (Arts*
great Mecsenas, noble Efquire Afhmole,)
no mortal man had any fh*re in the
G cpmpo-

8i Mr. Lilly's History

compofrtion or ordering of the firft part
thereof, but my one only felf . You are
a perfon of great reading, yet I well
know you never found the leaft trace
thereof in any author yet extant.

In compofing, contriving, ordering,
and framing thereof {viz. the firft part)
SI great part of that year was fpent. I
again perufed all, or moft, authors I
had, fometimes adding, at other times
diminifhing, until at laft I thought it
worthy of the prefs. When I came ta
frame the fecond part thereof, having for-
merly colie(5ted out of many manufcripts,^
and exchanged rules with the moft aWc
profeffors I had acquaintance with, in
tranfcribing thofe papers for imprcffion,
I found, upon a ftrift inquifition, thofc
rules were, for the moft part> drfeflive ;
lb that once more I had now a difficult
labour to correft their deficiency, to new
reftify them according to art ; and laftly,
confidering the multiplicity of daily qudf-
tions propounded unto me, it was as hard
a labour as might be to tranfcribe tb«^
papers themfelves with my own hand.
The dcfire I had to benefit pofterity and
my country, at laft overcame all difficul*
ties; fo that what I could not do in one
year, I perfefted early the next year,
16473 and then in that year^ viz. 1647,
. *. I finifticA

OF HIS LlFfi AND TlMES. 8^

1 finifhed the third book of {a) nativities,
[i) during tht; compofing whereof, for
feven whole weeks, 1 was fhut up of the
plague, burying in that time two maid-
Jervants thereof; yet towards November
that year, the Introdu6tion, called by the
name of Cfififtian Aftrology was made
publick. There being, in thofe times,
fbme fmart diflfercftce between the army
and the Parliament, the head -quarters
6f the army were at Windfor, whither t
was carried with a coach and four horfes,
and Jfohn Booker with me. We were
welcome thither, and feafted in A gar-
den where General Fairfax lodged. We
Were brought to the General, wlib hid
us kindly welcome to Windfor; and, in
efFeft, faid thus much :

' That God had bleffed the army with'
' many fign^l viftories, and yet their work

* was not finifhed. He hoped God would'

* go along with them until his work was
^' done. They fought not themfelves, but

* the welfare and tranquillity of tlie good

* people, and whole nation ; and, for

* that end, were refolved to facrifice both

* their lives and their own fortunes. As

(a) The name of the perfon whofe nativity is (firea-ed'
and judged, is Mr. ThQffipfon, whofe father had been
fome time an inn-keeper at the White-hart in Newark.

(6) I devifed the forms and^ faihions of the feveral
fcnemes^ £. A.

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§4 Mr. Lilly's History

' for the art we ftudied, he hoped it was

* lawful and agreeable to God's word :

* He underfiood it not ; but doubted not

* but we both feared God ; and therefore

* had a good opinion of us both.' Unto
his fpeech I prefently made this reply :

* My Lord, I ani glad to fee you here

* at this time.

* Certainly, both the people of God,

* and all others of this nation, are; very

* fenlible of ^God's mercy, love, and fa-
^ vour unto them, in directing the par-.
^ liament to nominate and elect you Ge-

* neral of their armies, a perfon fo religi-

* ous, fo valiant.

* The feveral unexpe6led viftories ob-

* tained under your Excellency's conduft,

* will eternize the fame unto all pofte-
\ rity.

* We are confident of God's going

* along with you and your army, until

* the great work for which he ordained.

* you both, is fully perfefted ; which we

* hope will be the conquering and fub-

* verfion of your's and the Parliament's .

* enemies, and then a quiet fettlement.

* and firm peace over all the nation, unto

* God's glory, and full fatisfaftion of ten-

* der confciences.

* Sir, as for ourfelves, .we truft in God ;

* and, as chriftians, believe in him. We
' do not ftudy any art 'but what is. lawful,

* and

OF HIS Life and Times. 85

• and confonant to the fcriptures, fathers,

* and antiquity ; which we humbly defirc

* you to believe/ &c.

This ended, we departed, and went to.
vifit Mr. Peters the minifter, who lodged
in the caftle, whom we found reading an
idle pamphlet come from London that
morning. - * Lilly, thou art herein,* fays
he. * Are not you there alfo ?' I replied.
'Yes/ that I am,' quoth he.— — The
words concerning rne, were thefe ;

• From ,th' oracles of the Sibyls fo filly,
The curft prediftions of William Lilly,
And J3r. Sybbald's Shoe-lane Philly,

Good Lord, deliver me.

After much conference with Hugh
Peters, and fome private difcourle- betwixt
us two, not to be. divulged, . we parted,
and fo came back to London.

King Charles the Firft, in the year
1646, April 27, went unto the Scots,
•then in this nation. Many defired my
judgment, in time of his abfence, to
difcbver the way he might be taken : which
I would never be drawn unto, or ^ive any
direction concerning his perfpn.

There were m^ny lewd Mercuries printed
both in Lpndon and Oxford, wherein I
was Sufficiently abufed, in this year 1646.
I had then ray afcendant aJ a <f, and c
fid proprium. The Prelbyterians were, in
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86 Mr. Lilly's History *

their pulpits, as mercilefs as the Cavaliers
in their pamphlets.

About this time, the moft famous
Viathematician of all Europe, (a) Mr.
'yVilliam Oughtred, parfon of Aldbury in
Surrey, was in danger of fequeftration
by the Committee of or for plundered
minifters; (Ambo-dexterj they were;)
feveral ihconfiderable articles were depofcd
and fwofn againft him, material enough
to have fequeftered him, but that, upon
his day of hearing, I applied myfelf to
Sir Bolftrode Whitlock, and all my own
old friends, who in fuch numbers ap-
peared in his behalf, that though the
chairman and many other Prefbyterian
members were ftiff againft him, yet he
was cleared by the major n»urabcr. The
truth is, he had a conuderable parfonage,
and that only was enotigh to fequefter anv
moderate judgment: He was aUb well
known to dffcd: his Majefty. In thefe-
times many worthy minifters loft their
Uvings or benefices, for not complying
with the Three-penny Direftory. Ha4
you feen (O noble Elquire) what pitiful
ideots were preferred into fequeftrated
church-benefices, you would have been
grieved in your Toul; but when they
came before the claffis of divines, could

(a) This gentleman I was very well acquainted with,
having lived at the houfe over-againft bis, at Aldbury
in Swjey, three or four years. E. A.

thofe

OF HIS Life and Times, 87

thofel fimpletons but only fay, they were
converted by hearing fuch a fermon, fuch
a lc6lure, of that godly man Hygh Peters,
Stephen Marfhall, or any of that gang,
he was prefently^ admitted.

In 1647, 1 publifhed the World's Ca-*
taftrophe, the Prophecies of Ambrofe
Merlin, with the Key wherewith to un-
lock thofe obftnife Prophecies i ^Ifo Tri-
themius of the 'Government of the World
by the prefiding Angels ; thefe came forth
all in one book.

The two firft were exquifitely tranflated
by yourfelf, (moft learned Sir) as I do in^
genuoufly acknowledge in my Epiftleunto
the Reader, with a true ch^adier of the
worth and admirable parts, unto which
I refer any that do defire to read you
perfeftly delineated. I was once refolved
to have continued Trithemius for fbnie
fucceeding years, but multiplicity of em-
ployment impeded mc. The ftudy required,
m that kind of learning, muft be kdtn^
tary, of great reading, found judgment,
which no man can accomplilk except
he wholly retire^ tife prayer/ and accom-
pany himfelf with angelical conforts.

His Majefty Charles the Firft, having
entrufted the Scots with his perfon, was,
for mon^, delivered into the hands of
the Englifli Parliament, and, by feveral
removals, was had to Hampton-Court
about July or Auguft 1647; for he was
G 4 there.

S8 Mr. Lilly*3 History

there, and at that time when my houfe
was vifited with the plagu»3. He was
defirous to efcape from the foldipry, and
to obfcure himfelf for fome time near
London, the citizens whereof began now
to be unruly, and alienated in affeflion
from the Parliament, inclining wholly
to his Majefty, and very averfe to the
army. His Majefty was well inforrhed
of all this, and thought 'to make good
ufe hereof i befides, the army and Parlia-t
raent were at fome odds; who ihauld
be matters. Upon the King s intc^ition
to efcape, and with his confent, Madapi
Whprewood (whom you knew very well,
worthy Efquire) came to receive my jitdg-
ment, viz. In what quarter of this na-
tion he might be moft fafe, and not to
be difcovered until himfelf pleafed.

When fhe came to my door, I told
her I would not let her come into .my
houfe, for I buried a maid-fervant of th?
plague very lately. ' I fear not the plague,
• but the pox,' quoth flie; fo up we
went. After erea:ion. of my figure, I
told her about twenty miles (or there-
abouts) from LondQP-, and in Eflex, I
was certain ' he might : continue undif-
covered. She liked my judgment very
well; and, being herfelf of a Tharp judg-
ment, remembered a place in Effex about
that diftance, where Was an excellent
houfe, and all conveniences for his re-
ception.

OF'ttis Life and Times. 89

ceptlon. Away fhe went, early next
morning, unto Hampton-Court, to ac-
quaint his Miajefly; but fee the misfor-
tune : He, either guided by his own ap-
proaching hard fate, or mifguided by {a)
Aihburnham, went away in the night-
time weftward, and furrendered himfelf
to Hammond, in the Ifle of Wight. '

Whilft his Majefty was at Hampton-
Couit, ' Aldei^man Adams fent his Majefty
one thoiifand pounds in gold, five hun-
dred wherfeof he gave to Ma^ani Whore-
wood. I believe I had twenty pieces of
that very gold for my fhare.

I have fomething mofe- to write of
Charles the Firft's misfortunes, wherein
I was concerned ; the matter happened iri
1648, but I thought good to mfert it
here, having after this no more occafion
to mention him.

His Majefty being in CaFift)rook-Caftle
in the Ifle of Wight, the Kentifli men,
in great numbers, rofe in arms, and joined
with' the Lord Gf oring ; ■ a confiderable
number of the beft fhips revolted JFrom
the Pariiafnent ; the citizens of London
were forward to rife againft the Parlia-
ment ; his Majefty laid his defign to efcape

(a) This A(hbumhain was turned out of the Houfe
.of Commons the 3d of November, 1667, for taking a
bribe of five hundre^l pounds of the merchants. I was
informed hereof 26 November, 1667. -^

^ put

qQ Mr. Lilly's History

out of prifon, by fawing the iron bars of
his chamber, window j a fmall fhip was
provided, and .^chored not far from the
caftle to bring him into Suflex; horfes
were provided ready to carry him through
Suflex into Kent, that fo he might be
at the head of the army in. Kent» and
from thence to march immediately to
London, where thoufands then would
have armed for him. The Lady Whorcn
vvood came to me, acquaints me herewith^
I got G. Farmer (who was a mod inge-i
pious lock-fmith, and dwelt in Bow-lane)
to make a faw to cut the iron bars io
funder, I mean, to faw them, and aqua
fortis befides. His Majefty in a fmall
time did his work i the bars gave liberty
for him to g9 out ; he was out with his
body till he c^uie to his breaft ; but then
ids heart faiUng, he proceeded no farther :
when this was difcovered, as foon after
it was, he was narrowly looked after, and
no opportunity after that could be devifed
to enlarge him» About September the
Parliament fent their Cpmraifljon^rs with
prppofitions unto him into the Ifle of
Wight, the Lord William Sea being ones
the Lady Whorewood comes again unto
me from him or by his confent, to be
direfled: After perufal of my figure, I
told her the Commiffioners would be there
fuch a day; I ej^fted a, day ^nd hour

when

OF HIS Life and Times. 91

when to receive the Commiffioners and
propofitions j arid as foon as the propo-r
litions were read, to^fign them, ?ind
make hafte with all fpeed to come up with
the Commiffioners to London. The army
l^eing then far diftar^t from London, and
the city enraged ftoutly againft them, he
promifed he would do fo. That night
the Commiffioners came, and old Sea and
his Majefty had private conference till one ^
in the morning : the King acquaints Sea
with his intention, who clearly diffwaded
him from figning the propofitions, telling
him they were not fit for him to fign;
that he had many friends in the Houfe of
Lords, and fbme in the Houfe of ComT
mons ; that he would procure more, and
then they would frame more eafy pro-
pofitions. This flattery of this unfortu-
nate Lord, occafioned his Majefty to wave
the advice I and fome others that wifhed
his profperity had given, in expectation
of that which afterwards could never be
gained. The army having fome notice
hereof from one of th? Commiffioners,
who had an eye upon old Sea, hafted
unto London, and made the citizens very
quiet; and befides, the Parliament and
army kept a better correfpondency after-
wards with each other.

Whilft the King was at Windfor-Caftle,
one walking upon the leads there, he

looked

92 Mr. Lilly's History

looked upon Captain Wharton's Alma-
nack ; . ^ My book/ faith he, * fpeaks well

* as to the weather:' One William Allen
{landing by j ' what/ faith he, ^ faith his
antagonifi, Mr. Lilly ?' ' I do not care
•^ for: Lilly/ faid his Majefty, *Ke hath
^ teein always againft me, and became a

* little bitter in his expreflions/ * Sir/
laid 'Allen, * the man is an honeft man,

* atnd writes but what his art informs
' him. ■ * I believe it,' faid his Majefty,

* isind that Lilly underftands aftrology as
' weir as any man in Europe.' Exit Rex
Carolus.

In 1 648 I publifhed a Treatife of the
three- Suns, feen the winter preceding;
as alfo an Aftrological Judgment upon a
Gori]un6tion of Saturn and Mars 28 Jlme,
in II degrees 8 minutes pf Gemini.

1 commend unto your perufal that book
and the Prophetical Merlin, .which feri^
ouiily confidefed, (Oh worthy Eftjuire)
will more inftruft your judgmei^t {De
generalibus contingentibus Mundt) than all
the authors you yet ever met with.

In this year, for very great confidera-
tions, the Counfel of State gave me in
money fifty pounds, and a penfion of
one hundred pounds per Annum^ which
for two years I received, but no more :
upon fome difcpntents I after would not
or did require it. The caufe moving them

was

OF, HlS-LlJE AND TiMES. 93

was this; th^y could get no intelligence
out of France, although they had fev^-
ral agents there for that purpofe. I had
formerly acquaintance with a fecular prieft,
at this time confeflbr to one of the Secre-
taries ; unto him I wrote, and by that
means had perfefl knowledge of the
chiefeft concernments of France, at which
they admired ; but I never yet, until this
day, revealed the name of the perfon.

One occafion why I deferted that cvn^
ployment was, becaufe Scott, who had
eight hundred pounds per ^nnum for in-
telligence, would not contribute any oc-
cafion to gratify my friend : And another
thing was, I received fome affront from
Gualter Froft their Secretary, one that
was a principal minifter belonging to thiB
Council of State. Scott was ever my
enemy, the, other knaye died of a gan-
grene in his arm fuddenly after.

In 1648 and 1649, that I might en-
courage young ftudents in aftrology, f
publickly read over the firll part of my
Introduftion, wherein there are many
things contained, not eafily to be under-
ftood. r

And now we are entered into the year
J 649: his Majefty being at St. James>
Houfe, in January of that year, I begun
its obfervations thus : . ,'

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54 Mr* LillV's Historv

I am ferious, I beg aind expeft jur-

ticdi either fear or ftiamc begins to

qiieftion offenders.

*^ The lofty cedars begin to di\dne a
•^ thundering hurricane is at h^d i God
** elevates men contemptible.

** Our demigods are fenlible we begin,
*• to diflike their aftionS vefry much irt
^< London, more in the country.

** Blefled be God, who encourages hi^
«^ fervants, makes them valiant, and of
** undaunted fpirits, to go on with his
•* decrees: upon a fudden, great expcc-
*^ tations arife, and men generally believe
** a quiet and calm time draws mgh."

In Ghriftmas holidays, the Lord Gray
of Grboby and Hugh Peters, fent for me
to Somenet-Houfe, with direftions to
bring them two of my Almanacks.— I
did lo ; Peters arid he read January's Ob-
fcrviations,

* If we are not fools and knaves,* faith
he, * we ihall do juftice :' then they whif-
pered. I underftood not their meaning
till his Majefty was beheaded. They ap-
plied what I wrote of juftice, to be un-
derftood of his Majefty, which was con-
trary to my intention; for Jupiter, the
firft day of January, became dire6t ; and
Libra is a fign lignifying Juftice ; I im-
plored for juftice generally upon fuch as

had

OF HIS Life and Times* $5

had cheated in their places, being trea-
furers, and fuch like officers. I had hot
then heard the leaft intimation qf bring-
ing the King unto trial, and yet the firlt
day thereof I was cafually there, it being
upon a Saturday ; for goirtg to Weftmin-
Iter every Saturday m the afternoon, in
thefe times, at White-hall I cafually met
Peters ; * Come, Lilly, wilt thou go hear

* theKingtried?' ; When?' faid I. * Now^

* juft now ; go with me,' I did fo, and
was permitted by the guard of foldiers ta
pais up to the King's-Bench. Within one
quarter of an hour came the Judges^
prefently his Majefty, who fpoke excek
lently well, and HMtjefticalfy, without im^
pediment in the kail when he fpoke. I
few the filver top of his ftaff unexpeftedly
fell to the groimd, which w^ took up by-
Mr, Rufliworth : but when I heard Brad-
ihaw the Judge fay to his Majefty,

^ Sir, inftead of anfwering the court,

* you interrogate their power, which be*-
*^ com^ not one in your condition/

Thefe words pierced my heart and foul,
to hear a fubjeft thus audacioufly to re-
prehend his Sovereign, who ever and
anon replied with great magnanimity and'
prudence.

After that has Majefty was behe?kded,
the Parliament for fome years ^e6led
Nothing either for the publick peace or

tran-

g6 Mr. LiLLV's Historv

tranquillity of the nation, or fettling re-
ligion as they had formerly promifed.
The interval of time betwixt his Majefly's
death and Oliver Cromweirs dilblacing
them, was wlrolly confumed in votmg for
themfelves, and bringing their own re-
lations to be members of Parliament,
thinking to make a trade thereof.

The week, or three or four days before
his Majefty^s beheading, one Major Syden-
ham, who had conunands in Scotland,'
came to take his leave of me, and told
me the King was to be put to death,
which I was not willing to believe, and
laid, ' I could not be perfuaded the Par-

* liament could find any Englifhman fo

* barbarous, that would do that foul

* afilion/ * Rather,* faith he, * than they

* (hould want fuch a man, thefe arms
^ of mine fhould do it.' He went pre-
fently after into Scotland, and upon the^
firft engagement againft them, was flafn,
and his body miferably cut and mangled.

In 1 65 1 I publiflied Monarchy ^r no
Monarchy, and in the latter end thereof
fbme hieroglyphicks of my own, com--
pofed, at fpare time, by the accult learn-
ing, piany of thofe types having repre-
fentations of what Ihould from thence;
fucceed in England, and have fince had
verification,

. - I had-

OF HIS Life and Times. ^

I had not that learning from booka;^
or any raariufcript I ever yet met withaU
it is reduced ^roip a cabal lodging in aftro^
logy, but fo niyfterious ai^ difficuit to
be attained^ that I h^ve not yet been ac-
quainted with any who had that know-
ledge. I will fay no more thereof, but
that theafterifms and figns and conftei-^
iations give greateft %ht thereunto.

During Bradfliaw's being Prefident ol*
the Council of §tate, it was my happi-
tkefs to procure Captain Wharton hi?
liberty, whi?h when ^radihaw undcrftood,
faid, * I will be an enemy to Lilly, if evd?
^ he come before me/ Sir Bolftrode Whiti»
lock broke the ice firfl: of all on beh^
of^ Captain Wharton : after him the Cpm^
mittec, unto whom his offence had been
committed, ipoke lor him, and faid^ h^
might well be' bailed or enlarged : I had
fpoken to the Committee the mornin|;
of his delivery, who thereupon were (a
civil unto him, efpecially Sir William
Ermin of Lincolnshire, who at firft won;^
dered I appeared not asainft nimi but
.lipon my humble requeft, my long con-
tinued antagonift was enlarged and had
his liberty;

In 1651 I purchafed one iiundre>d iisd

ten pounds per Annum in fee-farm wtO^

for one thoufand smd tturty4)Qunds« i

|md all in ready money i but when his

» Majefty

98 Mr. Lilly's HisTokY

Majtrfy'TCihg Charles the Second, 1660,
t^as reftored, I loft it all again, and it
returned to" the right owner; tlie lofs
thereof never affiled me, for I have
ever ' rediiced my mind according to my
fortune; I was drawn in by fevieral per-
sons to mike that finiplc purchafe. The
ycair'l- bought it, I: had my afcendant
^dire6led into -a Trine of Jupiter firft, and
in the fame year into the Cauda Drac6nis
—my ibftune into a quadrant of Mer-
cury. When . Colchefter was. befieged,
John iSopker and myfelf were fent for>
-where we encouraged the foldiers, affur^-
ing them the town would very Ihortly be
r»rrcndered, ais indeed it was : I would
Willingly have obtained leave to enter' thb
^ownv to have informed Sir Charles Lubas,
whom I well knew, with the condition of
afFaiVs as they then ftood, he being de-
luded byfalfe intelligence: at that time
^y fchplar Humphreys was therein, who
many; times deluded the Governor with
expedation of relief; but falling very
^many times with his lies, at laft he had
.the baftinado, was put in prifon, and in-
forced to become a foWier^ and well it
.was. he efcaped fo. — During my beihg
there, the fteeple of St. Mary's Church
'was- muth battered by two cannons pur-
•pofely placed : I was there one day about
three of the clock in the afternoon, talk-

OF His Life and Times, 99

Ifig with the tannoneer, when prefently he
defired us to look to ourfelves,; for he
perceived by his perfpe6live glafs^ there was
a piece charged in the caffie againft his
Work, and ready' to be difcharged. IraA
for hafte under aii old ^afti- tree, and im--
mediately the cannon-bullet cam^ hiffingj
<juite over us: ^ No danger riow,^ faith
the gunner, * but begone, for there are
* five more charging,' which was '-trtiej
for two hours after* thofe cannons were
difcharged, - arid' unluckily killed our
. canrrontter and.matix)fe. I came the next
morning and' few the blood of the two
poor men lite upbn the planks :^ we were
well ehtertained at the head quarte'ft,''and
after two whole days abiding tbfere, camd
for London. -^-^ -* ^

But we pro'ftcutfe our ^ftory agaSn, -and
fay th^t in the year 1652 I purch^l^ my
houle 'and' fomc- lands, in Herfham, in the
parifh 'of' Waltojri uj[)bn' Thames/ itt the
county of Surrey,- where I how live; in-
teridittg by the blefflng of God; When I
found it Convenient, to retire into the
toftntfy/ there -to end my days in peace
and 'tranquillity ; for in London my prac-
tice W3:s fuch, I had none or very little
time, afforded me to ferve God, who
had been fo gracious unto me. The
purchafe of the houfe and lands, and
puilding, ftood me in nine huhdrfed anfl
H 2 fifty

ICO . Mr. Lilly's History,

fifty pounds fterling., which I have very
much augmented.

The Parliament now grows odious unt(>
all good men, the members whereof be-
came infufferable in . their pride, covet-
oulhefs, felf-ends, lazinefs, minding no-
thing but how to enrich themfelves. Much
heart-burning now arofe betwixt the Pref-
byterian and Independant, the latter Tid-
ing with the army, betwixt whofe two
judgm^its there was no medium. Now
came up, or firft appeared, that mon-
llrous people called Ranters : and many
other novel opinions in themfelves hercr-
tical and fcandalous, were coimtenanced
by members of Parliament, many where-
of were of the fame judgment. Juftice
was neglefted, vice countenanced, and
all care of the common good laid afide.
Every judgment almoft gioaned under the
heavy burthen they then fufFered; the
army neglefted; the city of London
icorned ; the miniftij^ elpecially thofe who
;were orthodox and ierious, honeft or vir^
tuous, had no countenance ; my foul be-
-gan to loath the very name of a Parlia-
jnent, or Parliament-men, There yet re-
^mained in the Houfe very able, judici-
ous, and worthy patriots; but they, by
their filence, only ferved themfelves: aU
was q^rried on by a rabble of dunces^
jWho being the greater number, voted

what

OP HIS Life and Times, tot

what feemcd bcft to their nonintelligent-
fencies.

In this year I publifhed Annus Tene-
brofus, which book I did not fo entitle,
becaufe of the great obfcurity of the folar'
eclipfe, by fo many prattled of ta no
purpofe, but becaufe of thofe underhand
and clandeftine counfels held in England-
by the foldiery, of which I would never,'
but in generals, give any knowledge unto
any Parliamant man. I had wrote pub-
lickly in 1650, that the Parliament Ihould
not continue, but a new government
fliould arife, &c.

In my next year's Anglicus, upon ra-
tional grounds in aftrology, I was fo
bold as to aver therein, that the Parlia-
ment flood upon a tottering foundation^
and that the commonalty and foldiery
would join to^eth^r againft them.

My Anglicus was for a whole weejd
every day in the Parliament Jloufe, peep-
ed jntQ by the Prefbyterians, one difliking^
this fentence, another finds another fault,
jothers mifliked the wholp ; fo in* the end
a motion was made, that Anjglicus fhould
be' infpefte4 by the Committee for plun-
dered miriifters ; which being done, they
W?re to return them to th^ Hpufc, viz.
Report its errors.

A meflenger attached me by a warrant

frpm that Committee ; I had private

H 3 notice

lOi^ Mr. I^illy's HifTo»y

notice ere themeflfeng^r cacne, and hafled
unto Mr. Speaker Lenthall, ever my
friend. He was exceeding glad to fee me,
told me what was done; called for Angli-
cus, marked the paflages which tormented
the Prefbyterians fo highly. I prefently
fent for Mr. Warren the printer, an af-*
fored Cavalier, obliterated what was moft
ofFenfive, put in other more fignificant
^ords, and defired only to have fix a-
xncnded againft next morning, which very
Jiojfieftly he brought me. I told him my
defign was to deny the book found fault
with, to own only the fix books. I tolcl
him, I doubted he would be examined.

* Hang them,' faid he, * they are all

* rogues, ril fwear myfelf to the deviJ

* ere they fhall have an advantage againU

* you by my oath.*

The day after, I appeared before the
Committee, being thirty fix in number
that day ; whereas it was obferved, at o-r
ther times, it was very difficult to get
five of them together. At firft they
(hewed me the true An^licus, and alked
if I wrote and printed it. I took the
book and infpefted it very heedfuUyi
flnd, when I had done fb, faid thus :.

' This is none pf my book, fome ma-^

* licious Prefbyterian hath wrote it, who
^ are my mortal enemies; I djfown it.'
The Committee looked upon one anott

ther

-0F HIS fciFi^ A^ff Times. ic>j

thcr like diftracled ^en,not imagiriing
what I prefently did; for I prefently
pulled out of my pocket fix books^ ^nd
fiiid, * Thefe I own, the others are coun-*

* terfeitj, publiflied purpofely to rui^ me.'
The Committee were now more vexed
than before : Not one word was fpoke ^ a
good while ; at laft, many of them, or
the grcateft number of them, were of
opinion to imprifon me. Some were for
Mewgate, others for the Gate-Houfe^
but then one Brown of Sufloc, called
the Prefbyterian bejidle, whom^ t^e com-
pany of Stationers had bribed tp .be my
friend, by giving- hin».. a new book of
Martyrs; he, I fay, preached unto the
Committee this 4o^ine, that ml^tr
Newgate or the Gate-Houfe were j^riiRms
unto which at any time the Parli^eiit
fent prifoners ; 4t w^w m.oft "coQvtniefit
for the Serjeant at Armsto taige nie in

. cuftody. ^ . ; ; , - ^- ,-'::; *

Mr. Stricklan4r who had for: W34y

years been the Pa^jyiaipent's AipbaiTador

or Ag€^nt in Holjand, whe9 he fa,w how

they inclined, fpgke thus ; -

* I came purpofely into the Committee

* this day to f^e the. itpaii who is . fo fa-

* mous in thofe part? where I have fo
^ long^ continued : -I, affure you big nsjme

* is ^mpus a}} over Europe: J cwn* t<>
^ do HiiQ juftife, A booH is product by

/ H 4 ys^

1.04 Mr. Lilly's History

f MS, and faid to be his ; he denies it i
? we have not proved it, yet will commit
i him. Truly' this is great injuftice. It
f is likely he will write next year, and
f acquaint the whole v^orld with our in-
^ juftice ; and fo well he may. It is my
< opinion, firft tp prove the book to w

* his, ere he be committed/

Another old friend of mine, Mr. R.
ipokethus:

' ^ You do not know the many fervices
^ this man hath done for the Parliament

* thefe many years^ or how many times,

* in our gFfeateft iiftreflfes, we applying

* unto him, he hath refreihed our lan-
f guifliing expe6lations ; he newr failed
^ us of comfort in our moft unhappy
^ diftrcifts. I aflurc you his writings have
^ kept up the fpirit? both of the foldiery,
^ the honeft people of this nation, and
f many of uar Parliament men; and now

* at laft, for a flip of his pen (if it were
this) to be thusf vidlent againft him: 1
^ muft tell you, I fear the confequencc
Purged out of the book will prove ef-
« fectually true. It is my cotmfel, to
? admoniih him hereafter to be more
f w^, and for the prefent to difmifS
I' film ^

* NotwJthftanding any thing that was
fi)okeQ on my bdbalf, I was ordered to
gaiyl -eomniitted to tlie Serjeant at Arms,
/" • " • - ' " :/:: "•* The

OP His Life and Times. 105

The meflenger attached my perfon, faidl*
was his prifbner. As he was carrying
me away, he was called to bring me
again. Oliver Gromwell, Lieutenant-
General of the army, having never fecn
me, caufed me to be produced againj^
where he ftedfaftly beheld me for a good
fpzct, and then I went with the meflen-
ger ; but inftantly a young clerk of that
'Committee afks the meflenger what he
did with me, wherc's the warrant ? un-
til that is ligned you cannot feize Mr.
Lilly, or fhall. Will you have an adtion
of ralfe imprifonment againft you ? So I
efcaped that night, but next day obeyed
the warrant. That night Oliver Crom-
well went to Mr. R. my friend, and faid,

• What never a man to take Lilly's caufe

♦ in hand but yourfelf ? None to take his

* part but you? He fhall notbe long there.*
Jlugh Peters fpoke much in my behalf
to the Committee ; but they were refolved
to lodge me in the Serjeant'^ cufl:ody.
One Millington, a drunken member, was
much my enemy | and fb was Cawley and
Chichefter, a deformed fellow, unto whom
I had done feveral courtcfies.

Firfl: thirteen days I was a pnlbner;
and though ?very day of th? Committee*s
fitting I nad a petition to delivjer, yet
fo^ many churlifh Prefljyterians fl:ill abr
peayred, I t:o^ld liot get it accepted. Thc

* ^ ^ laf^

l^ft 4ay of the thirteen, Mr^ J^^P^ Afli
was made Chairman, unto whom, my
caufe being rented, he took my petition,
and faid I fhould be bailed in deipite
of them all, but defired I would procure
as many friends as I could to be ^hcre.
Sir Arthur Hazelrigg, and Major Sallo-
w^y, a pcrfon of excellent parts, ap-
peared for me, and many now of my old
friends came in. After two whole hours
ai^uing of my caufe by Sir Arthur and
Major Salloway, and other friends, the
matter came to this point; I fhould be
failed, and a Committee nominated to
examine the printer. The order of the
Committee being brought afterwards to
him who fhould be Chaiiman, He fent
me word, do wh^t I would, he wQuld fee
all the knaves hanged, ere he would ex-»
amine the printer. This is the tiiith of
the flory.

The i6tb of February i6c|, myfecond
wife died i for whofe death -| ihed. hq
tears, I Had five hundred pounds, with
her as a portion, but fhe an4 her pQor
^relatior^s fpent me one thoufand pounds,
Gloria Patri, & Filia, & Spiritui San£k :
Jicuf erat /^ prinfipo tsl nuflc ^ ffnjper, G?
mfamla ^acubrum : For the aodi of A-?
pfU 1655, thef^ enemies of mine, viz.
P^rli^ment aafien^ were turned out of dobi-a
bj 'Oliver CrojnWeiU-. A Germ^ dofltor

QF HIS LlFEAHP TiMIfi. JOT?

of phyfick being then in- London, •^fcnt
^ this paper : .

Strophe Alcatca ; Generofa Domino Gulieimo
LilUo Ajlrokgo^ de dijfoluto nuper Par^
^ liamento. .

Quod calculafti Sydere pxsevio.
Miles peregit numine confcio,
Gentis videmus nunc Senatiim, -
Martc Tog qj gravi kvjitum.

In the time of my impri^nment, Mr.
Ilnfh worth c»me to vifit m^e^ and tolit
fne, the army would do as niuph as I hp4
predicted unto the Parliaqient,

In Oftober 1654, InMurriod th<j thir4
wife, who is fignified in my nativity by
Jupit€sr in Libra; and ftiea!& fo totally? in
her conditions, to my .great, comfort.

In 1 6 5 V, I was indifted at Hick$'$"-Hall
by a half-witted young woman. Thre^
fcveral Seffipns Ihe was negk^ed, and th«
jury caA forth her bill; \«t the fomt^
time, they found it againft me : I put
in hail to trayerfe the in4i<ftment. Thj«
^j^ufe of the indiftment was, for that I
had given judgment up^ ftplen good^t
and received two fhiUings und fix pence.
r^And this was faid to. jbe. contrary untQ
p hSt p King James's timis made.

This mad woman ' wag put upon this
s^^vn ^gainjft (of by twi> iWi^ers, w|»

had

io8 Mr. Lilly's History

Kad framed for her a very ingenious fpcech,
which fhc could fpeak without book^ as
Ihe did the day of hearing the traverfe.
She produced one woman, who told the
court, a fon of her's was run from her;
that being in much affliction of mind for
her lofs, fhe repaired unto me to know
what was become of him ; that I told
' her he was gone for the Barbadoes, and
ihe would hear of him within thirteen
days ; which, (he faid, fhe did,

A fecond woman made oath, that her
huiband being wanting two years, ihe
iaepaired to me for advice: That I told
her he was in Ireland, and would be at
h<Mne fuch a time; and, faid ihe^ he did
iipme home accordingly,

• I. owned the taking of half a crown
for ray judgment of the theft; but faid,
I gave no other judgment, but that th^
goods would not be recovered, being that
was all which was required of-me ; the
party, before that, having been with feve-,
tal aftrologers, fome affirming (he (hpuld
have her goods again, otheris ^ave con-^
traiy judgment, which made her ppm^
unto me for a final refolution(.

* At laii: my encniy began her before-
made fpeech, and, without the leaft ftum^^
bling, pronounced it before the court i
Which ended,: ihe had fome queries put
Xknto her, and* then P ipoke tot myfelf,

^n4

OF HIS Life and Timb^s, jp^.

and product my own Introduction into
court, faying, that I had fome years bcr
fore emitted that book for the benefit of
this and other nations ; that it was allow-
ed by authority, and had found good acr
ceptance in both univcrfities ; that the
ftudy of aftrology was lawful, and no^
contradicted by any fcripture ; that I
neither had, or ever did, ufe any charms,
forceries, or inchantments related in the
"bill of indictment, &ci
. She then related, that fhe had been
leverai times with me, and that afterward;^
flie could not reft a nights, but was trou-
bled with be.ars, Uons, and tygers, &cl
My counfel was the Recorder Green, who
after he had anfwered all objections, coar
cludedj aftroloffy was a lawftil art. :. I

* Miftrefs,- laid he, ' what colour \yas

* thofe beafts that you were fo terrified
•with?' _^

* I never faw any,* faid fhe.

* How do you tlien know they were
/ lions, tygers, or bears,' replied he.—

* This is an idle perfbn, only fit for Bed-

* lam/ The Jury who went not from
the bar, brought in. No true Bill.

^ There were many Prefbyterian Juftices
^much for her, and elbecially one Roberts,
a bufy fellow for the Parliament, who
after his Majefty came in^ had like to.
have loft life and fortune.

I had

I had procured Juftice Hooker tct tjfe
there, who was the oracle of all the Jtif.
tices of Peace in Middlefex.

There was/nothing memoraMc, after
that happened' unto me, until 1650, an3
the month of 06lober, at what timfe
Captain Owen Cox brought me over ftoitt
his Majefly of Sweden, a gold chain and
medal, worth about fifty' pounds; thlb
talift whereof was, that in the year 1657%
and 1,6 c8, I had made honourable nren--
tioii of mm : the Anglicus of 'i6c8 being
tranflated into the language fookfe ot
Hamburgh, printed and cried about the
ftreets, as it is in London. • - ' ' i
' The occafion of my writing fcrhortoar-
'afcty of his Majefly of ^edcn wSs
this : Sir Bolftrpde Whittock, • Knight^,
;i4pon the very tinie of Olivtr'f being made
1*]rote£tor, having made very noble articles
betwixt Chriftina then Queen of Sweden,
and the Englifh nation^ wis in his being
at Stockholm vilited frequently by Ciharles
"Guftavus, UntO' whom Chriftina r^figne'd
during his' abode,' and ufed With all than-
iier of civility by *him, * inforAtich as fome
other Ambaffadofs- took it ill> that thejr
had hot fo much* refpeft or^qual r unto
which he woiild' reply, he would be kihfl
where himfelf didiind jutt caufe of nierit
tmfo any. He was a great lover of our
nation; but there was fome - other caufes;
-^- ' ^ alfo

^-H

ot^ MIS Life AVd Times, ill

I fiilfo moving my pen to be fo liberal, ws.

^ 'The great hopes I had of his prevailing,

and of taking Copenhagen and Elfniore?,
p which if he had lived, was hoped hfe

might haw accomplilhed ; and had affur-

f edly d^ne, if OUvfer the- Proteftor had

I ^not lb i^ititnely died ere our 'fleet of ftiips

I f etumed ; for Olivet fent the fleet; oh

J ^urp^ to fight the Dutch; but dying,

and* the Parliament being'feftored, -^

I ' Henry Vane, who afterwards was be^-

head«i,- had order from' ^the Council ctf

State t(i give otdfer to the fleet what to^d^

now Oliver was dead, isind thettfcJyes tc^

ftoredr* Vahe, out of ftate-policyj '^a^

the E^r of Sandwich dire<ftion t\dt

^ fight*' the 'Dutch; Ciijtain Syhioh^,

who tarried thofe letter Sv more uhto^fei^,

had he knotvrti tV lettiirs he Carried fefetft

corltaiiied artyfuch prohibition, he would

hafve filhk both* Ihip ^nd letters. OlUr*

faid, when the fleet wa& to go 'foftfi>

* Thatlf ^Gbd bleffed his Majefty t>f SWe-

* den wit& Copenhagen, the Etiglifh^weife
^ to have Elfinore a^ thck (hare ; whicfc

* if once I have,' faith Oliver, * the'Efe^i-

* lifti Ihall have the \^ole trade df ' tSfc

* Baltick Sea : I ^11 make the DutcH^iia
;' another palTage, ex<?ept they will *yS^
' fuch <!ufl:oms as I ihkfl impofe/ • ' Gttifr.

^derirfg the advantages -this wouW'Ravte
-been to otir Enghfli, who can blariW'my

pen

114 Mr. LiLtY's HisTORV

pen for being liberal, thereby to have ea«
couraged our famous and noble feamen^
or for writing fo honourably of the Swe-*
difh nation, who had moft courteouily
treated my beft of friends, Sir fioUbode
Whitlock, and by whofe means, had the
defign taken effeft, the Englifh natioa
had been made happy with the moft be*^
neficial concern of all Chriflendom. I
ftiall conclude about Oliver the then Pro-
tedor, with whom obliquely I had tranf«*
actions by his fon-in*law, Mr. Cleypool^
and to fpeak truly of him, he (kit one
that waited upon him in his chamber^
once in two or three days, to hear how
it fared with me in my teffions buiinefs ;
but I never had of him, direcltly or ia*-
direftly, either peniion, or any the leall:
ffum of money, or any gratuity during hk
rwhok Proteftorfhip $ this I pi^teft to be
^true,i> by the name and in the name of , the
moft holy Goci*

In 16^3, before the dilfolution of the
^Parliament, and that ere ihty had chofen
any for their AmbalTador into^ Sweden^
Mr. Cleypool came unto me, demanchng
of me whom I tliought fitt^ to fend
upon that ambafly into Swedien : I no^
xninated Sir B. Wmtlock, who was choieny
jand two or three days after Mr^ Cleypool
;CMfte again: * I hope Mr. lilly, ray fa-
%• ther, hath nQW pieced you : Your rriend

;•': i *'Sir

of kis LiFfe AUb TiutSi 115

* Sir B. Whitldck is to go for Sweden/
But flnce I have mentional Oliver Crom-
well, I will relate fomething of him,
which perhaps no other pen can^ or will
mention* He wis born of geiierous pa-
rents in Huntingdonlhire, educated fomfc
time at the univerfity of Cambridge : in
his youth was wholly given to debauchery,
tjuarelling, drinking, &CC4 quid hM; hav-
ing by thofe means wafted nis patrimony,
he was enforced to bethink ninifelf of
leaving England, and go to New-Eng-
land : he had hired a paffage in a (hip,
but ere (he launched out for her voyage,
a kinfman dieth, leaving him a confider-
able fortune; upon which he returns,
pays his debts, became affefted to rdi-
gion; is elefted in 1640 a member of
Parliament, in 1642 made a Captain of
horfe under Sir Philip Stapleton, fought
at Edge-Hill ; after he was made a Colo-
nel, then Lieutenatit-General to the Earl
of Manchefter, who was one of the three
Generals to fight the Earl of Newcaftlc^
and Prince Rupert at York : Ferdinando
Lord Fairfax^ and Earl Leven the Scot,
were the other two for the Parliament :
the laft two thinking all had beert loft at
Marfton-Mdor fight, Fairfax went into
Cawood Caftle, giving all for loft: at
twelve at night there came word of the
Parliiment's victory ; Fairfax being then
i lai4

% 14 .Mr, Litty's History

laid down upon a b«d, there was not a
candle in the caftle, nor any fire: up
rifeth Lord Fairfax, procures aftpr fbme
time, paper, ink, and candle, writes to
Hull, and other garrifons of the Par-
liament's, of the fuccefs, and then (lept.

Leven the Scot afked the way to Tweed :
the honour of that day's fight was given
to Manchefter, Sir Thomas Fairfax's
brigade of horfe, and Oliver Cromwell's
iron fides; for Cromwell's horfe, im
thofe times, ufiially wore head-pieces,
back and breaft-plates of iron. After
this viftory Cromwell became gracious
with ti^ Houfe of Commons, efpecially
the Zealots, or Prelbyterians, with whom
at that time he efpecially joined; the
name Independent, at that time, viz.
J 644, being not fo much fpoken of.

There was fome animofity at or before
the fight, betwixt the Earl of Newcaftle
and Prince Rupert ; for Newcaille being
General of his Majefly's forces in the
North, a perfon of valour, and well
efteemed in thofe parts, took it not well
to have a competitor in his concernments ;
for if the viftory fhould fall on his Maje-
fty's fide. Prince Rupert's forces would
attribute it unto their own General, viz.
Rupert, and give him the glory thereof:
but that it happened. Prince Rupert, in
that day's fight, engaged the Parhament's

forces

Of «is Life and TiMes. it^

forces too food, and before the Eaft of*
NewcSaftle could well come out of Yprk
with his aniiy ; by r^afon whereof,
though Rupert had abfolutely ro\ited the
Scots and the Lord Fairfax's forces j y^t
ere timely affiftance could fecolid his ar-
my. Sir Thomas Fairfax and Cromwell had
put him to flight, and not loiig after all
jkewcaftle'sarmy. Amongftthemoftroeaiow
fable aftioris of that day's this happened^
that one entire regiment of foot belong-
ing to Newcaftle, called the Lanlbs, t^:*
cau& they were all new cloathed in whitd
woollen cloth> two or thrtee days before?
the fight* This fole regiment, after the
day was loft, haying got into a fmall par-
cel of ground ditched in, and not of eafy
accefs of horfe, would take no quarter i
and by mere valour, for one whole hour^
kept the troops of horfe from entering
amongft them at near pufti of pike : wh«n
the horfe did enter, they would haV0
no quarter, but fought it out till there
was not thirty of them living: thofe
Vvhofe hap it was to be beaten down upoo
the ground as the troopers came near
them, though they could not rife for their'
wounds, yet were fo defperatei a^ to get
either a pike or fword, or piece of thpmn
and to gore the troopers norfes as tihey
came over them, or paiied by thera. Cap-
tain Gamby, thsn a troppef under Crom*
la well.

ii6 Mr. Lilly's Historv

well, and an aftor, who was the third or
fourth man that entered amongft them,
protefted, he never in all the fights he
was in, met with fuch refolute brave
fellows, or whom he pitied fo much, and
faid, * he faved two or three againft their
' wills.'

After the fight, Manchefter marched
flowly Southward, &c. but at laft came
with his army to Newbery fight ; which
ended, he came for London, and there
he accufeth Cromwell, being his Lieute-
nant, to the Parlian^nt, of difobedience,
and not obeying his orders.

The Houfe of Commons acquaint
Cromwell herewith, and charge him, as
he would anfwer it before God, that the
day following he fhould give them a full
account of Manchefter's proceedings, and
the caufe and occafion of their difference,
and of the reafons why Manchefter did
not timely move weftward for the- relief
of Eflex, then in the weft, who was
abfolutely routed, inforced to fly, all his
foot taken, and- all his ordnance arui
train of artillery, only the horfe efcaping.

Cromwell the next day gave this ac-
count to Mr. Speaker in the Houfe of
Commons — by way of recrimination.

That after God had given them a fuc-

cefsful viftory at. Marfton over the King^s

forces, and. that they had well refreftied

• ' ' ... their

OF His Life and TiNfEs. 117

their army, Manchefter, by their order,
did move fouthward, but with fuch flow-
nefs, that fometimes he would not march
for three days together ; fometimes he
would lie ftiil one day, then two days;
whereupon he faid, confidering the Earl
of EfTex was in the weft, with what
fuccefs he then kn^w not, he moved
Manchefter feveral times to quicken his
inarch to the weft, for relief of Effex, if
he w^re beaten, ot to divert the King's
forces from following of Effex ; but he
faid Manchefter flill refufed to mak^ any
hafte ; and that one day he faid, • If any

* man but yourfelf, Lieutenant, fhould
1 fo frequently trouble me, I would call
^ him. before a Council of War. We

* liave beaten the King's forces in the
f north ; if we ihould do fo in the weft,
^ his Majefty is then undone : He hath

* many fons living ; if any of them come

* to the Crown, as they well may, they
^ will never forget us.'. This Major Ham-
mond, a man of honour, will juftify
as well as myfelf. After which he march-^
ed not at all, until he had order from
the Committee to haften wcftward, by
reafon of Effex'5 being loft in Corn-
wall, which then he dwi; and at New-
berry fight, it is true, I refufed to obey
his direftions and order: for this it
WASj his Majefty's horfe being betwixt

I 3 , four

■'^''^

1 18 Mr, Lilly's Hisreny

four and five jthoufand in a large comr |
mon, in good order^ he commands me,
Mr. Speaker, to charge them ; we hav^
jng BO way to come at them but through
fi narro^y lane, where not above three
hcH'f? could march abreaft -, whereby
had I followed his order, we had been
all cpt off ere we could have got into
any order. Mr, Speaker, (and then he
wept; which he could Ao tsties quoties)
I confidering that all the vifible army
you then had, wa« by this counfel in
danger to be loft, refufed thus to en-
danger the main ftrength, which now
moft of all confifted of thofe horfe un-
4er my command, he. This his rc-
erimination was well accepted by tkd
Houfe of Commooi, who thereupon,
and from that time, thought there was
none of the Houfe of Lords^ very fit to
be entrufted with their future armies, but
had then thoughts of making a com-'
moner their General ; which afterwards
they did, mid elefted Sir Thomas Fair-
fcuf their General, and Cromwell Lieu*
tenant-General j but it ^as next ipring
^x^. Upon E0ex's being loft in Corn-
wall^ I heard Serjeant Maynwd fay, ^ If
^ now the King h^fte to iJondon we arc
* undone, havinjg no army to refift him/
His Majefty had many misfortunes
ever attending him^ during hjs abode at
' i - ^ pxfprd^

01^'His Life a'M6 Times. 119

Oxford; fome by rcafon of that great
animoiity betwixt Prince Rupert and the
Lord Digby, each endeavouring to crofs
one another I but the worft of all was
by treachery of feveral officers under his
command, and in his fervice; for the
Parliament had in continual pay one
Colonel of the King's Council of War 5
one Lieutenant-Colonel; one Captain;
oiie Enfign ; one or two Serjeants ; feve -
ral Corporals, who had conftant pay, and
duly paid them every month, according
to the capacity of tlieir offices and places,
and yet none of thefe knew any thing of
each other's being fo employed. There
were feveral welt-wifliers unto the Parlia-
ment in Oxford, where each left his let^
ter, putting it in it the hole of a glafs-
window, ^s he made water in the ftreet.
What was put ift at the window in any
of thofe houfes, was the fame day con-
veyed two miles off by fome in the ha**
bit of town-gardeners, to the fide of a
ditch, whefe one or iftore were ever ready
tcJ give the int^Iligenc€i to the next Par^
liament garrifon : I wis then familiar witfi
all the fpies that conftantly Went in and
out to Oxford.

But once more to my own actions. I

had in 1652 and 1653 and 16C4 much

contention with Mr. Gatacre or Rother-

hithe, a man endued with all kind of

I 4 learning,

leo Mr. LiLi^V's History

learning, 3n4 the ableft man of thp whole
fynod'of divinep in the Oriental tongues^

The fynod had concluded to make an
lexpofition upon the bible; fome under^
took one bpok, fome another, Gatacre
fell upon Jerepiy. Upon making his exrr
pofition on the ?d vgrfe of the loth
cjiapter,

* Learn not the way of the heathen,
* and be not difmayed at the figns of
' heaven, fpr the heathen ar^ cjifm^yed at
^ them/

In his Annotations thereupon, he makes
a fcandalous expofition; and in exprefs
terms, hints at me, repeating verbatim^
ten or twelve times an Epiftle.pf njinQ
in one of my former Angliciis.

The fubftance qf my Epiftle was, that
I did conceive the good angels of God,
did firft reveal Urology unto mankind,
j&c. but he in his Annotation? c^Us me
blind buzzard, &c.

Having now liberty of the prefs,,and
hearing the old man was very cholerick,
I thought fit to raife it up — r and only
wrote — I referred my difcourfe then in
hand to the difcuflipn and judgment of
fober perfons, but not unto Thomas Wifet
acre, fqr Spne^i hUpueri; Thefe very words
begot t:he writing pf forty- twp flieets
sigaihft myfelf and aflrology. The next
year I quibblpd agftin in {hr?e pr fouy

line§

OF HIS Life and Times. lai

lines againfl: him> then he printed twenty-
two flieets againfl: me. I was perfuaded
by Dr. Gauden, late Biftiop of Exeter,
to let him alone; but in my next year's
Anglicus, in Auguft obfervations, I wrote.
Hoc in tumba jacet Presbyter & Nebulo, in
which very month he died.

Several divines applied themfelves unto
me, defiring me to forbear any further
vexing of Mr. Gatacre ; but all of them
did as much condemn him of indifcre-
tion, that in fo fober a piece of work as
that was, viz. in an Annotation upon a
fecred text of fcripture to particularize
me and in that dirty language : they
pitied him, that he had not better cou-i'
fidered with himfclf ere he publiflied it. *

Dean Oiyen of Chrift's-Church in Ox-
ford, alfo in his fermons had ftiarp in-
yeflives againft me and afl:rology; I
cried quittance with him, by uvfftng jibbaf
Panormitans judgment of aftrology con-
trary to Owen's, and concluded, * An
* Abbot was an ace above a Dean/

One Mr. Nye of the alfembly of di-
vines, a Jufuitical Prefbyterian, bleated
forth his judgment publickly againfl: ,me
juid aftrology: to be quit with him, I
urged Caufinus the Jefuit's approba^
tion of aftrology, and concluded. Sic
fffmbm cafulos. &c^

i22\ Mk- Lilly's History

In fomfe time after the Dutch Ambaf-
fad6r was offended with fome things in
AngHcus, prefented a memorial to the
Council of State, that Merlinus Anglicus
might be confidered, and the abufes againft
then* nation examined ; but his paper was
not accepted of, or I any way molefted.

In Oliver's Proteftorfhip, I wrote freely
and fatyripal enough : he was now become
Independant, and all the foldiery my
friends > for when he was in Scotland,
tbc day of one of thdr fights, a foldier
flood with Anglicus in his handj and
as the feveral troops pafTed by him, * Lo,

• hear what Lilly faith -, you are in this

* aaantiht promifed victory, fight it out,

♦ brave boys, and then read that month's

* predadtion/

I had long before predi6bd the down-
fell . of Preffytery, as you (moft hoiioured
Sir) in the figure thereof, in my Intro-
duftion^ may obferve; and it was upon
this occafion. Sir Thomas Middteton of
Chark Cafiic; enemy to Preibytery, feeihg
they much prevailed, being a member of
th€f Houle, ferioufly demanded my judg-
ment, if Preibytery ftiould prevail, 05
not, in England? The figure printed m
my Introdudion,- will befl .give you an
account, long before it happened, of the
fmking and failing of Preibytery 5. to will

th«

oy nts Life amd Times. jdrj

the fecottd page of my Hieroglyphicksr
Thofe men, to be ferious, would preach
well; but they were more lordly thaa
Bifhc^s, and ufoally, in their parifhes,

more tyrannical than the Great Turk.

Of the Year 1660; the Anions
whereof, as they were remark-
able in England, fo were they
no lefs niemorable as to my par-
ticular Fortune and Perfon.

Upon the Lord General Monk's return-*
J^ng from Scotland with his armr into
England, fud^enly after his commg to
London, Richard 'Cromwell, the thert
Protestor's authority wds laid afide,
and the old Parliament reftbied; the
Council of State fat as formerly. The
firft afl: they put the General upon was>
to take down the city gates and port-
cullifles, an aft which, the General faid,
was fitter for a Janizary to do than for
a General j yet he efFefted the Commands
received^ and then lodged in the city
with his army. The citizens took this
pufling down of their gates fo heinoufly,
that one night the ruder fort of them
procured all the rumps of beef, and
other baggage, and publickly burnt them
ji; the ftreets, ji? derifion of the then

Parliament,

124 Mr. Lilly's HistoRV

Parliament, calling them that now {at;
The Rump. This hurly-burly was. ma-
naged as well by the General's foldiers
as the citizens. The King's health was
publickly drank all over the city, to the
confufion of the Parliament, The mat-
ter continued, until midnight, or longer.
The -Council of State, fitting at White-
Hall, had hereof no knowledge, until
Sir Martin Noell, a difcreet citizen, came
about nine at night, and then firft in-
formed them thereof. The Council could
not believ^ it, until they had fent fome
mimfters of their own, who affirmed
the verity thereof. They were at a ftand,
and could not refolve what to do ; at laft
Nevil Smith came, being one of them,
and publickly protefted there was but on?
way to regain their authority, and to
be revenged of this affront, and to over-
throw the Lord General Monk, whpm
they now pei^ceived intended otherways
than he had pretended ; his counfcl was,
to take away Monk's commiffion, and to
give a prefent commiffion to Major-Gene-^
ral Lambert to be their General ; which
counfel of his, if they would take and put
it fpeedily in execution, would put an end
unto all the prefent mifchiefs. The
Council in general did all very well ap-
prove Nevil Smith's judgment; but pre-
iently up ftart^ Sir Arthur Hazellrigg,

and

OP HIS Life and Times* 125

and makes a (harp invcftive againft Lam-
bert, and concluded, he would rather
perifh under the King of Scots power,
than that Lambert fliould ever any more
have command under the Parliament,

The Lord General fuddenly after brings
in the long excluded Members to fit in
Parliament, being perfbns of great judg-
ment, and formerly enforced from fitting
therein by the foldicry, an4 connivance
of thofe who ftiled themfelves the godly
part of the Parlikment. Thefe honour-
able patriots prefently voted his Majefty s
coming into England, and fo he did in
May 1 660. But becaufe Charles the Se^
cond, now (1667,) Ki[ig of England,
Son of Charles the Firft, grandchSd to
James the Firft, King of Great Brit-
tany, was fo miraculoufly reftored, and
fo many hundreds of years fince prophe-
fied of by Ambrofe Merlin, it wiU not
be impertinent to mention the prophe-
cies themfelves, the rather becaufe we havtj
fcen their verification.

Ambrofe Merlin's Prophecy wrote
about 990 Years fince.

He calls King James, The Lion of
Righteoufnefs ; and ftith, when he died,
or was dead, there would reign a noble

White

126 Mr. Lilly's History

White King ; this was Charles the Firft.
The prophet difcovers all his troubles #
his flying up and down, his imprifoib-
ment, his death; and calls him Aquila«
What concerns Charles the Second, is
the fiibjeft of our difcourfe : In the La-
tin copy it is thus :

Deinde ab Aufiro ventet cum Sole faper
ligneos equos^ & fuper fpumantem inunih^
timem maris, Fullus AquiUe navigans in
Britanniam.

Ej appticamftatim tunc altam domum Ar
quUafitiensy G? cito aEamJitiet.

Deinde Pullus Aquila nidiJiccAit infumma
rupe totius Britannia : nee juvenis occidet,
nee adjenem vivct.

This, in an old copy, is Engliihed
thus:

* After then, Ihall come through the

* fbuth with the fun, on horfe of tree,
^ and upon all waves of the fea, the

* Chicken of the Eagle, failing into Bri-

* tain, and arriving anon to the houfe of

* the Eagle, he fhall ftiew fellpwfliip to

* them beafts.

• After, the Chicken of the Eagle fhall

* neftle in the higheft rock of all Britain'>

* nay, he fhall nought be flain young j

* nay, he nought come old/

Another Latin copy renders tlie lafi
verfe thus :

Deinde

OF HIS Life and Times. ,t2^

Deindi pullus Aqtdla nidjfic^bit in Jummo
rupium, n^cjuvenis occidetur^ nee ad fenium
pervenkt. There is after this, pacificMto
regnop Omnes occidet\ which is intended
of thofe perfons put to death, that fat as
Judges upon his father's death.

The Verificatioii.

His Majefty being in the Low^Couiif-
tries when the Lord General had re-
ftored the fecluded Meijibgrs, the Par-
lianvent fent part of the= Royal Navy to
bring him for England, which they did
in May 1660. Holland is Eaft from
England, fo he came with the fun ; but
he landed at Dover, a port in the fouth
part of England. Wooden-horfes, are
the Englifh (hips.

^unc mdificabit in fummo rupium.

The Lord General, and moil of the
gentry in England, met him in Kept,
and brought him unto London, then to
White-hall.

Here, by the higheft Rooch, (fome write
RoQk,) is intended London, being the
metropolis of all England.

Since which time, unto this very day I
write th^ ftory, he hath reigned in Eng-
land, and long may he do hereaiter. ip
December 1667.

Had

3128 Mr. Lilly's History

Had I leifurc, I might verify the whole
preceding part concerning King Charles!
Much of the verification thereof is men-
tioned in my CoUeftion of Prophecies,
printed 1645. But his Majefty being
then alive, I forbore much of that fub-
jeft, not willing to give offence. I dedi-
catcii that book unto him; and, in the
conclufion thereof, I advifed his return
unto Parliament, with thefe words, Fac
hoc & vives*

There was -alio a Prophecy printed
1588, in Greek charafters, exaftly de-
cyphering the long troubles the Englifh
nation had from 1641 until 1660; and
then it ended thus :

^ And after that fhall come a dreadful

* dead man, and with him a Royal G/ [it
is Gamma in the Greek, intending C.
in the Latin, being the third letter in
the alphabet,] * of the beft blood in the
^ world, and he fhall have the Crown, and

* fhall fet England on the right way, and

* put out all herefies/

Monkery being extinguifhed above
eighty or ninety years, and the Lord
General's name being Monk, is the Deafd
Man. The Royal G. or C. is Charles
the Second, who, for his extraftioii,
jnay be faid to be of the befl blood in the
World.

Thefe;

OF Mia Ll?E AND Times. jsq

Thefe two Prophecies were not ^vertr
vocally bjr the angels, but by inipe^tion
of the cryftal in types and figures, or by>
apparition the circular way, wjpeye, ''at
fome diftance, the angels appear, rcpre-
fentin^ by forms, fhapes, and creatures,
what is demanded. It is v&tj rare, yea,
even in our days, for any pperator or
mailer to have die angels (b^ artfcu-^
lately. I when they do fpcak^ it isjiike the
Iriih, much in the throat.
, Wjhat further concerns Jus :Majefly,^
will ijipre fully be evident about 1672 or.
1674*. or,; ^ fartheft, in 167!^. And
OQW onto my own adlions in 1660.
^ .fin -the firfl: place, my fee- farm rcnts^
beieg; pf the yearly, value of on? hun-
dred and twenty pounds, were all loft
by his Majefty's coming to his reftora-.
tionfsj^but I do fay truly, the lofs thereof
did never trouble jjie, or djid I repind
theresat.

.In Jum of that year, a new Parlia^i
ment was called, whereunto I yr^a, mj-
willingly invited by two meflfeng^rs of the
Serjeant at Arms, The matter where-
lipon I was taken into cuftqdy ,wasi ta
examine me concerning the per6>i} who
cut off the King's head, viz. the lat?
King's.

Sir Daniel Harvey, of Surrey, .got the

tmfmefs moved againft me in great dif%

K pleafure.

f 3d Mr. Lilly's History

pleafure, becaufe, at the eleftion of new
Knights- for Surrey, I procured the whole
town of Walton to ftand, and give their
voices, for Sir Richard Onflow. The
Committi^e to examine me, were Mr,
Prinn, one Colonel 'King, and Mr.
Richard Wefton of Gray's-Inn.

God's providence appeared very much
for me that day, for walking in Weftmin-
fter-Hall, Mn Richard Pennington, fon
to my old friend Mr. William Penning-*
ton, met me^ and enquiring the caufe
of my bdng there, feid no more, but
talked up and down the hall, and re-
lated my kindnefs to his father unto very
many Parliathcnt men of Chelhire and
Lancalhire, Yorkftiire, Cumberland, and
thofe northern countries, who numeroufly
came up into the Speaker's chamber, and^
bade me be of good comfort: at laft he
meets Mr. Wefton, one of the three un-
to whom my matter was referred for
examination, who told Mr. Pennington,
that he came purpofely to punifla me, and
vy^ould be: bitter againft me : but hearing
it related, viz. my (ingular Kindnefs and
prefervatipn of old Mr. Pennington's
eftate, to the value of fix or feven tliou-
fand pounds, * I will do him all the
' ffood I can,' fays he. * I thought he

* had never done any good ; let me fee

* him, and let him ftand behind me where

Mfit:'

OF nu Life and Times. 131

* Ifit •/ I did fo, At my firft appearance,
many of the young members affronted
me highly, and demanded feveral fcorril-
lous queftions. Mr. Wefton held a pa-
per before his mouth; bade me anlwer
nobody but Mr, Prinn; I obeyed his
command, and faved myfelf mucn trou-
ble thereby; and when Mr, Prinn put
any difficult or doubtful query unto me,
Mr, Wefton prompted me with a fit
anifwer. At laft, after almoft one hour's
tugging, I defired to be fully heard what
I could fay as to the perfon who cut Charles
the Firft's head off. Liberty being given
me to fpeak, I related what follows, viz.
That the next Sunday but one aft^r
Charles the Firft was beheaded, Robert
Spivin, Secretary unto Lieutenant-Gene-
ral Cromwell at that time, invited him-
lelf to dine with me, and brought An-'
thony Peirfon, and feveral others, along
with him to dinner: That their prin-
cipal difcourlc all dinner-time, was only,
who it was that beheaded the King; one-
faid it was the common hangman ; ano-
ther, Hugh Peters ; others alfo were no-
minated, but none concluded. 'Robert
Spavin, fo foon as dinner was done, took
me by the hand, and carried me to the
fouth window : faith he, ^ Thefe are all
* miftaken, they have not named the man
' tiiiat did the faft; it was Lieutenant-
K 2 Colonel

ija .Mr. Lilly's History

* Colonel JOICE; I was in the roocn

* when he fitted himfelf for the work,

* ftood behind him when he did it 5

* when done, went in again with ^iln :
'- There is no man knows this but my

* mafter, viz. Cromwell, Commiilary

* Ireton, and myfelf.' ' Doth not Mr.
' RufhwcMth know it ?' faid I. ' No, he
' doth not know it,' faith Spavin. The
£ane thing Spavin iince had often related
unto ipe when we were alone. Mn^
Prinn did, with much civility, make a
report hereof in the Houfe ; yet Norfolk
the Serjeant, after my difcharge, kept
me two days longer in arreft, purpofely to
get money of me. He had fix pounds^ i^nd
his Meilenger forty Ihillings ; and yet I was
attached but upon Sunday, exapined on
Tuefiday, and then daicharged^ though,
the. covetous Serjeant detained me until
ThuriHay. By means of a friend, I cried
quittance with Norfolk, which friend was.
to pay him his ialary at that time, ^Ild,
abated Norfolk three pounds, whic^ we
fpent every penny at one^ dinner, without
inviting the wretched Serjeant : but in
the latter end of tlic year, when the
King's Judges were arraigned at. the Old-,
^iley^, Norfolk warned me to attend,
beUeving I could give information con-
cerning Hugh Peters. At the feffions I
attended during its continuance, but was

never

OF HIS Life and Times. '1^3

never called or examined. There I* heard
Harrifon, Scott, Clement, Peters, Hackef,
Scroop, and others of the King's Judge*,
and Cook the Sollicitor, who excellently
defended himfelf ; I fay, I did hear what
th«y could fav for themfelves, and after
heard the lentence of condemnation
pronounced againft them by the incom-
parably modeft and learned Judge Bridg-
man, now Lord Keeper of the Great
Seal of England.

One would think my troubles for that
year had been ended; but in January
1 661, one Everard, a Juftice of Peace in
Weftminfter, ere I was ftining, fent a
Serjeant and thirty four mufqueteers for
me to White-Hall : he had twice that
night feized about fixty perfons, fup-
pofed fanaticks, very defpicable perfons,
many whereof were aged, fome weiie
water-bearers, -and had been Parliament-
Ibldiers; others, of^ordinary callings : all
thefe were guarded unto White-HaH, into
a large room, until day^Iight, and then
committed to the Gate-Houfe : I was had
into the guard-room, which I thought
to be hell; fome therein were fleeping,
pthers fwearing, others fmo^ing tobac-
co. "In the chimney pf the room I be-
lieve thtfre was two bufhels pf broken
tobacco-pipes, almqfl: half one load of
^(hes, flverard, about nine in'th? morn^

1^3 H^

134 Mr. Lilly's History

ing, comes, writes my mittimus for the
Gatc-Houfe, then fhcws it me: I rauft
be contented, I deiired no other cour-
tefy, but that I might be privately carried
Uftto the Gate-Houfe by two foldiers;
that .was denied. Among the miferable
crew of people, with a whole company of
foldiers, I marched to prifon, and there
for three hours was in the open air vpon
the ground, where the common houfe of
office came down. After three hours, I
was advanced from this ftinking place up
the ftairs, where thwe was on one fide a
company pf rude fwearing perfonsj on
the other fide many. Quakers, who lo-
vingly entertained me. As foon as I was
fixed, I wrote to my old friend $.ir Ed-
ward Walker, Garter King at Arms,,
who prefently went to Mr. Secretary Ni-
cholas, and acQuainted him with my con*
dition. He ordered Sir Edward tq write to
Everardto releafe ipc, unlefs he ha^d any
^articular information againi| me, which
le l^d not. He further faid, it was not
\is Majefty's pleafure that any of his
ubj^fls fliould be thus had to prifon
without good caufe fliewed before. Up-
on receipt of Sir Edvvard's letter. Eve-
rard difcharged me, l taking the Oaths
of Allegiance and Supremacy. This day's
<vork eoft me thirty feven (hillings. Af-
terwards Everard ilood to be Burgefs |br

Weftpim-

OF HIS LlF£ AND^IMES. 135

Weftminfter; fent'ine to procure him
voice$. r returned anfwer, \that of all
men living he dcferved no couitefy from
me, nor fhould have any.

In this year 1660, I fued out my par-
don under the Bfoad Seal of England,
being fo advifed by good cotinfeU *becaufe
there (hould be no obftru6lion i I pafled
as William Lilly, Citizen and Salter of
Jvondon ; it coft me thirteen pounds fix
fhillings and eight pence.

I'hera happened a verificjition of an
^ilrological judgment of mine in this
year 1660, which becauiiQ it vvas pre-
4tAed iixteen years before it c^me to
pafs, and the year ^xprefly nominated, I
thought fit to mention^ ,

In page HI. of my Propheticfd Mer-
lin, upon three fextiles Afpefls of Saturri.
and Jupiter, made in 1659 aQ4ri66Qt L
Wi^te;^us—

•This their friendly falutatiqn cpm^-^

* forts us in England^ every man now.

* pQflefi^d his Qwtti vineyard ; Qijr yaing
' youth glx>^y up unto mjm's eftate,

* and onr old. men live thqir full years ;
^ our nobles ^nd gentlemen root again;

* our yeomdnr y, many years difconfolafed,^

* now take pieafure in their hufhandry-^

* The merchant fends out (hips, and hath
f pppfperous returns 1 the mechanick hath
I quick trading : Here is almoft a new

K 4 * world ;

136 MitJfLitLY*s History

•world; new laws, hew Lords. Now'
^ my country .of England (hall jfhed no
* more tears, but rejoice with, and in
/ the many bleffings God gives or affords
' her annually.'

And in the fame book, page 118,
over-agamft the year 1660, you (hall
find, A Bowny Scot afts his part.

The long Parliament would give Charles
the Second; no other title than King of
Scots. —

I aMb wrote to Sir Edward Walfcer,
Kt. Garter King at Arms in 1659, he then
being in Holland—

Tiir, Dominufqi vejler videbitis jingliatft,
infra du^s Annos. — For in 1662, his mooa
came by direction to the body of the fun.

But he came in upkm the afcendant
directed tmto the Trine of Sol and antif-
cion of Jupiter.—

And happy it was for the nation he did
come in, and long and profperoufly may
he reign amongit us.

In 1663 and 1664, I had along and
tedious law-fuit in Chancery, M. C. com-
ing to Qiiartile of Saturn i and the oc-
calOion of that fuit, was concerning
houfes ; and my enemy, though aged, had
no beard, was really %tu!rnine. We
came unto a hearing Feb. i66|, befbre
the M^after of the Rolls, Sir Harbottile

GrimftQn;

OF HIS Life and T^imes. 137

Orinifton, where I had the viftory, but
no cofts given me.

My adverfary not fatisfied with that
judgment, petitioned that moft juft and
honourable man the Lord Chancellor
Hyde, for ai re-hearing his caufe before
him. . .

It was granted, and the 13 June 1664,
my M. C. then direftedtd Quartile of
Venus and Sol, His Lordlhip moft judici-
oufly heard it with much attention, and
when my adverfary's counfel had urged
thofe depofitions which they had againft
me, his Lqrdftiip ftood up, and faid,

* Here is not one word againft Mr.
* Lilly/—

I replied, * My Lord, I hope I fhali
^ have coft?/ ^

* Very good reafon,' faith he ; and fbf
I had : And/ at my departure out - of
court, put off his hat, and bid God be
with you.

Tins is the month of Dec. 1 667, where-
in, by misfortune, he is much traduced
iand highly perfecuted by his enemies : is
alfo retired, however not in the leaft
queftioned for any indirect judgment as
as Chancellor, in the Chancery ; [but in
other things he hath been very foul, as iii
the articles drawn up bj the Parliament
againft him, it appears. Which article?

I pre*

138 Mk. LlLLY*S His?roRT

I prcfume you have not feen, pthcrwKe.
you would have been of. another mind,
A W] for there was never ^ny perfon
fat in that place, who executed juftice
With more uprightncfs, or judgment, or
quicknefs for,difpatch, than this very noble
Lord. God, I hope, in mercy will pre-
ferve his perfon from his enemies, and
ifi good time rcftore him unto all his
honours again : From my fojil I wifh it,
?tnd hope I (ball live to fee it. Amm;
fiat oh (H DeUs jujlitia.

In 1663, and 1664, 1 was made church-
warden pt Walton upon Thames, fettling;
as well as I cpuld the affairs of that di-
ftraftcd pariih, upon my own charges >
^Qd upon my leaving the place, forgave
them feven pounds oddmon^^ydue unto

me.

In .1664, I had another I^w-fuit with
Captain Colbgrn, Lord of the mangor of
Emer, concerning the rights of the pa-»
rifli of Walton. He had newly pur-
f hafed that manor, and having one h'un-^'
dred^ and fifty acres of ground, formerly
park and wood ground lying in our pa-
riih, conceived, he had rigjit of com-j
mon in our parifh of Walton: There-?
upon he puts three hundred fheep upon
tne common ; part whereof I impounded :
He replevins them, gave pie 9, decl?y;§,-
iion. lanfweredit. The trial was to he

OF HIS Life Anjp TimI:s« 139

at the Aflizes at Kingilon in April 1664,
\Yhen the day of trial came, he had not one
witnefs in his c^ufe, I had many ; where-*
upon upon- conference, and by mediation,
he gave me eleven pounds for my charge^
ifuftained in that fuit, whereof I returned
him back again fifty (hillings : forty {hil-
lings for himfelf, and ten /hillings foe
the ppor of th? parilh he lived in.

This I did at my own- coft and charges^
not one parij(hioner joining with me. 1
had now JVJ- C unto Quartile of Venus
and Sol — ^both in my fecond. Ergo, I got
money by this thing, or iuit. Sir Bol-
ftrode Whitlpck gave me connfeL

Now I come unto th^ year 1665, where^
in that horrible and devouring plague^ Co
extreamly raged in the cit}r of London^,
27th pf June 1 66 c, I retired into the
country to my wife and family, where
iince I have wholly continued, and fo in-
tend by pernjiffion Qf God. I had, befoije
I came away, very many people of the
poorer fort frequented ipy lodging, many
whereof were fo civil, as when they
brought waters, viz. urines, frpm in*
fecled people, they would Hand pur^
pofely at a diftance. I ordered thofe in-
tested, and not Jike to die, cordials, and
icaufed them to fweat, whereby many re-
covered. My landlord of the h<?vife was
jirfraid of thofe poor peoplq, I nothing at
I all.

t4* Mr.' Lilly's UfisToitT

ail. He was defirous I fhould be gonel
He had four children : I took them with
me into the country and provided for
them. Six weeks after I departed^ he,
his wife, and man-fervant cued of the
plague.

In Monarchy or no Monarchy, printed
16 CI, I had framed an Hieroglyphick,
which you may fee in page the ytn, re-
prefenting a grcat ficknefs and mortafity;
wherein you may fee the reprefcntation
<tf people in their winding-meets, per-
fbns' digging graves and fepulturcs, cof*
fins, &€• All this w^s performed by the
more fecret Key of Aftrology, or Pro-
phetical Aftrology.

In 1666, happ«fied that miraculous
cjonflagration in the city of London,
wherry in four days, the moft part
thereof was ccmfumed by fire. In my
Monarchy or no Monarchy, the next fide
after the cofHnfS, and pickaxes, ther^, is
rei)refcntation of a great city all \n flames
pf fire. The memorial whereof Ipme
l^arliament men remembering, thought
fit to fend for me before that Committee
whifh then did fit, for examination of
the caufes of the fire; and whether there
^as no treachery or defign in the bufinefs,
his Majefly being then in war both with
the French and Dutch, The fummon«i

OF HIS LlPE AN13^ TlMTS. t^t

to appear before that Gommiltee was a^
fpjloweth. ., -

J J

Monday, zzd October, i6^6t. ,

At thq Comrnittee appointed to enquire
after tl>© Caufes of <he late Fires. . „

Ordered,

That Mr.- Lilly do attend tKis''C6*ft^*
mitteeop Friday next being the 25^th of
Oftober 1666, at two 6f the clock in the
afternoon in. the Speaker's chamber 5 t4
anfwer fuch <jueMohs as fiiall be then and
fhere aiked hinl.

; Robert Bi^ookx. -

, By accident I was then in London^
w}^n the fummom came tinto me« I was
timorous of Committees, being ever by
fyme^ of them calumniated, upbraided^
fcomed, and derided. However I muft
and did appear ; and let me never forget
that gre^t affe^ion and care yourfeljF (Oh
moft excellent and learned, f^fquire /Aih-
IjQole) ftiewed unto me at tjiat time. Firft^
your affection in going along with ipe
^11 that day ^ fecondly, yow» great paitis
^d care, in fpeaking upto many wortfiy
Membej?s of that Committee your ac^

• quaintaQcejj

I4i Mr, Lilly's Historv

iquaintance, that they ihould befriend mc^
and not permit me to be afFronted, or
have any ^fgraceful language cafl upon
me, I muft ferioufly acknowledge the
perfuafions fb prevailed with thofe gene*
rous fouls, that I conceive there was
never more civility ufed unto any than
unto myfelf ; and you know, there were
no fmall number of Parliament men ap-
peared, when they heard I was to oe
there.

Sir Robert Brooke fpoke to this pur«
ppfe:

* Mr. Lilly, This Committee thought
' fit to fummon you to appear before them

* this day, to know, if you can fay any

* thing as to the caufe of the late fire, or

* whether there might be any defign

* therein. You are called the rather hi-

* ther, becaufe in a book of yours long

* fince printed, you hinted fbme fuch thing

* by one of your Hieroglyphicks.' Unto
which I xcplied,

* ^ May it pleafe your Honours,

• After the beheading of the late King;
« confidering that in the three fubiequent

* 'Jfears the Parliament afted nothing whiclt

* concerned the fettlement of the nation

* in peace ; and feeing the generality of

* people difTatisfkd, the citizens of Lwi-
^ don difcontented^ the foldiery prone to

« mutiny.

OF HIS Life and Times. I4J

* mutiny,' I was defiroys, according to^

* the beft knowledge God had given me;

* to make enquiry by the art I ftudied;

* what might from that time happen unto
« the Parliament and nation in genera}.

* At laft, having fatisfied myfelf as well as

* I could, arid perfefted- my judgment

* therein, I thought it moft conveniwlt

* to lignify my intentions and conceptions

* thereof, in . Forms, Shapes, Types^-

* Hieroglyphicks, &c. without any cdm->
'.mcntary, that fo my judgment might

* be concealed from the vulgar, and made

* manifeft only unto the wife. I herem
"^imitating the exampies^^of many ^ wife
' philoibphers .who hadMone the like/ .^t

' Sir Robeit,' faith one, ' Lilly is yet
^Jkh veftibuh: -

I proceeded further. ^ Said I, * Havingr
' found. Sir, that the^^city of London^
y lhould.be fadly afiiidted with' a great

* plague, and* not long after with an

* exorbitant fire, I fra«nled thefe two

* hieroglyphicks as reprefe^ted in rthe
^ book, which in effeft have proved very^
t tfue.' i

^ Did you forcfee the year,' laid one?

* I did. not,', faid I, * or was delirous r
^ of that I made no fcrutiny.' I pro-
ceeded— ^^ ^t

' Now, Sir, whether there was any de-
f, iign of burning the city, or any em-

* ployed

144 ^^* Li«*tY's HisToxr

*. ployed to that purpofe, I muft deal in^

• genuoufly with you, that fince the fire,
^ I liave aken much pains in the fearch

• thereof, but cannot or could not gire
'myfelf any:the Icaft fatisfa^lion there-

• in. I conclude, that it was the only

• finger of God j but what . injftruinents

• he^ufed thereunto, I am ignorant/

The Committee feemed well pieafed with
what I fpoke, and difmifled me with great
civility.

: Since which time no memoratble a6iion
hath happened untt> me, : my! retirement
impeding all concaarle unto me... . .

I have many things more to com-
municate, which lihall do, as th^ offer
thQirfelves to 'memory.

In Anno 1634, and 1635, I had mm^
itmciitiarity wath John HesgtxAx^, Dodor
df^Phyfick, a Dutchman^ am excellent,
icholar. and an able phyiidan, not jneanly
vwfed in aftrology.i Unto him, for his
gr€at civility, I communicated. the: art of
fbtoing Sigils, Lrainens, &c« aiid the ufe
df the Mo£ucai .Rods:-*— and we did
create feveral Sigils to very good puipofe;
I gave him the true key/ th©i?e6f, viz.
inftruded him of their, forms,: charac-
terSjK words^ anAlaftof all, how to give
them viviiication, and what number or
numbers were approjpriated to every pla-

; > net:

ci^ HIS Life and Times. 145

net : Cum multis aliis in libru veterum
Utentibus ; aut perjpicue non intelleSiis.

I was well acquainted with the Specu-
lator of John a Windor, a fcrivener^
fomctimes living in Newbury. This
Windor was club-fifted, wrote with a
pen betwixt both his hands. I have k,tn
many bonds and bills wrote by him. He
was much given to debauchery, fo that
at fome times the Daemons would not
appear to the Speculator; he would then
lumimigate : fometimes, to vex the fpirits,
he would curfe them, fumigate with con-
traries. Upon his examination before Sir
Henry Wallop, Kt. which I have feen,
he faid, he once vifited Dr. Dee in Mort-
lack ; and out of a book that lay in the
window, he copied out that call which he
ufed, when he invocated— —

It was that — ^which near the beginning
of it hath thefe words.

Per virtuiem tUorum fui invocant nomen tMmy
Hermeli— /w/V/^ nobis tres Angeksy ^c*

Windor had many good parts, but was
a moft lewd perfon : My mafter Wright
knew him well, and having dealing in
thole parts, made ufe of him as a fcri-
vener.

Oliver Withers, fervant to Sir H. Wal-
lop, brought up a Windor's examination
L unto

1:46 JVIr. Linv's HisToRV

unto London, purpofely for me to pe*^
rufe. This Withers was Mr. Filke's
fchoiar thf^e yeai's more or lefs, to learn
aftrology of him; but being never the
v/ifer, Flikc, brought him unto a^e : by
fliewing him but how to judge onie fi-
gures, his eyes were opened: He made
the Epiftle before Dr. Neve's book, now
in Mr. Sander's hands, was very learned
in the Latin, Greek and Hebrew tongues.

Having mentioned Dr. John Dec, I^
hold it not in^ertinent to fpeak fome-'
thing of him; but more efpecially of
Edward Kelly's Speculator.

Dr. Dee himfelf was a Cambro Briton,
educated in the univerfity of Oxford,
there took his degree of Do6lor; after-
wards for many years in fearch of the
profounder ftudies, travelled into foreign.
^rt;s • to be ferious, he was Queen Eli-
zabeth's intelligencer, and had a falaiy
for his maintenance from the Secretaries
of State. He was a ready witted man,
quick of apprehenfion, very learned, and
of great judgment in the Latin and Greek
tongws. He was a very great invefti-
g^tor of the mfore fpcret Hermeticai
k|u-njng, a perfe^ jftrondmer, a curious
aftrolpger, a ferious geometrician; to fpeak
truth, he was excellent in all kinds of
learning.

With

o¥ HIS Life akd Times* 147

^''' WIA all this> he was the xnoft ambi-
tious peiian living, and moft defirous of
lame and renowft, and was never fo well
pldafbd as when he heard himfelf ftiled,
Moft Exelleht.

' He was fttidious in chymiftry, and at-

t^ed to good perfeftion therein; but

fais fervant, or rather companion, Kelly,

€>ut-went him, viz. about the Elixir or

Philolbpher's Stone j which neither Kelly

or Dee attained by their own labour and

induftry. It was in this manner Kelly

obtained it, as I had it related from an

ancient minifter, who knew the certainty

thereof from an old Englifh merchant,

rcfident in Germany, at what time both

Kelly and Dee were there.

Dee and Kelly being in the confines of
die Emperor's dominions, in a city where
refided many Englifh merchants, with
whom they had much familiarity, there
happened an old Friar to come to Dr.
Dee's lodging. Knocking at the door.
Dee peeped down the ftairs, * Kelly,'
fays he, * tell the old man I am not at
f home.' Kelly did fo. The Friar faid, • I
• will take another time to wait on him/
Sortie few days after, he came again.
Dee ordered Kelly, if it were the fame
perfon, to deny him again. He did fo ;
at which the Friar was very angry. * Tell

jL a 'thy

I4'8 Mr. LilLy's His** ory

* thy maftcr I came to fpeak with hitQiCini!

* to do him good, becaufe he is a igTiettt
' fcholar and famous ; but now tell hin%
/ lie put forth a book, and dedicated it t€>

* the Emperor : it is called Monas Hierar
' gliphicas. He underftands it not. I
f wrote it njyfclf, I came to inftruft him

* therein, and in fome other more pro-

* found things. Do thou, Kelly, come

* along with me, I will make thee more

* famous than thy matter Dee.'

Kelly was very apprehenfive of what
the P'riar delivered, and thereupon fud--
denly retired from Dee, and wholly ap-
plied unto the Friar ; anfi of him either
had the Elixir ready made, or the perfcft
method of its preparation and making.
The poor Friar lived a very fhort time
after : whether he died a natural death,
or was otherwife poifoned or made away
by Kelly, the merchant who related this,
did not certainly know.

How Kelly died afterwards at Prague,
you well know: he was born at Wor*
cefter, had been an apothecary. Not a;-
bove thirty years fince he had a fifter lived
in Worcefter, who had fome gold made
by her brother's projeftion.

Dr. Dee died at Mortlack in Surrey,
very poor, enforced many times to fell
fome book or other to buy his dinner
with, as Dr. Napier of Linford in Buck-

inghamfhire

or HisLipE AND Times. 149

inghanifhire oft related, who icnew him
very well. .

I have read over his bode of Confe-
rence with Spirits, and thereby perceive
many weakntffles in the manage of that
way of Mofaical learning: but I con-
ceive, the reafon why he had not more
plain refolutions, and more to. the pur-
pofe, was, becaufeKelly was very -vicious,
unto whom the angels were not obe-
dient, or willingly did declare, the quef-.
tions propounded ;. but I could give other
reafons, but thofe are not for papcn
.1 was very familiar with one Sarah
Skelhorn, who had teen Spcculatrix unto
one* Arthur Gauntlet about; Gray's-Inii.-L'
Lane, a very lewd fellow, pr>DfQffing phy-
lick. This Sarah had a perfeft fight, and
indeed the beft eyes^ for that purpofe I
ever yet did fee. Gauntlet's books, after
he was dead, were fold, after I had pe-
rufed them, to my fcholar- Humplireys :
there were rare notions in tliem. This
Sarah lived a long. time, evehr.iiiitil her
death, with one Mrs. Stockmafl in the
Ifle'of Purbeck, and died abotrt^iixtEen
years. iince. Her raiftrefe onetime being
defirdus to accompany her niother, the
Lady Beconsfield;- lanto Lotidon, who
lived twelve miks from her "'habitation,
caufed Sarah to :infpe6l her :cr)rftal, to
fee if ihe, viz- hpr mother, w:ds gone,

L 3 ; yea

150 Mr. Lilly^s History

yea or not: the angels appeared, zxtd
{hewed her mother opening a trunk, and
taking out a red waiftcoat, whereby ftie
perceived fhe was not gone. Next day (he
Went to her mother's, and there, as (he
entered the chamber, ihe was openm^^
a trunks and had a red waiftcoat in her
hand. Sarah told me oft, th^ angels
wovdd for fome years follow her, and
appear in every room of the houfej, ua^
ihe was ireary of them. •
' ThisS^tdi Skelhom, Mrcall unto the

cryftal bcg^n, , /:

. * Oh ye good angek, only and only^* $c;c>

( Ellen Evans, daughter of my tut6i^

Evafis, her call unto the cryftal w^ this : •

Micol, O tu Mico/, regina figmewuA

. Since I have related of the Queen o£
Fairies, lihall acquaint you, that it is not
for every one, or, every perfon that thefe
angelical creatures will appear unto, though
they may fay over the call, over and
over, or indeed is it given to veiy many
pcrfons to endure their glorious afpefb^
even very many have failed juft at that
prefent when they are ready to manifeft
themfdves ; even perfbns otherwife of
undaunted fpirits and firm refolution^iare
herewith aftoniflied, and tremble; as it
happened not many years fmce with, us.
A very fober difcreet perfon, of virtuous

life

erp HIS Life and TiMfes. 15^*

life and G6nverfation, was beyond meafure
defirous to fte fomething in this nature.
He went with a friend into my Hurft
Wood: the Qaeen of Fairies was itivo-
cated, a gentle murmuring wind came firft j^
after that, amongft the hedges, a fmart
whirlwind; by and by a ftrong blaft of wind
blew upon the face of the friend,-^and
the Queen appearing in a moft illuftrious
glory, * No more, I befeech you,' (quoth
the friend :) ^ My heart fails ; I am hot
* able to endure longer/ Nor was he : his
black curling hair rofe up, and I believe
a buUrulh would have beat him to the
ground : he was foundly laughed at, &c.

Sir Robert Holborn, Knight, brought
once unto me {a) Gladwell of Suffolk, who
had formerly had fight and confertrtce
with Uriel and Rapliad, but loft them
both by careleffnefs; fo that neither of
them both would but rarely appear^ and
then prefently be gone, ref<)lving nothing.
Ke would have given me two hundred
pounds to have affifted hirh for their
recovery, but I am no fuch man,— Thofe
glorious creatures, if well commanded,
and well obferved, do teach ^e mafter

'{a) Mr* Gilbert Wakeriag gave hitn his bcrril
when he died ; it was of the Jargencii yf f ^d big
orange, fet in filvcr, with a crofs on the top, and ano-
ther on the handle ; and round aboul engraved the
names of thefe angels, Raphad^ Gabriel, Ui^el*

h ^ any

152 Mr. Lilly's History

any thing he defires j Amant fecreta, f^&''
unt aperta. The Fairies love the fouthcm
#iide of hills, mountains, groves.— -Neat-
ncfs and cleanlinefs in apparel^ a ftrift
diet, an upright life, fervent prayers unto
God, conduce much to the affiftance of.
thofe who are curious thefe ways;

It hath been my happihefs to meet
with many rarities in my time unex-
pededly, I had a fitter lived in >the
Minories, in that very houfe where for-
merly had lived one Evans^ not my tu-
tor, but another far exceeding him in
aftrolpgy, and all other occult learning,'
queftioned for his life about 1 6 1 2* I am
mx% it was when the prefent Earl of
Manchefter's father was Lord Chief Juf-
tice of England. He was found guilty
by a p^evifh Jury : but petitioning King
James by a Greek petition, as indeed he
was an excellent Grecian ; * By my faul,'
faid King James, * this man fliall not
Miei I think he is a better Grecian
* than ^ny of my Bifhops :' fo his life
was fpared, &c. My lifter's mafter when
new modelling the houfe, broke up a
window,^ under which were Evans's fecret
manufcripts, and two moulds in brafsj
one of a man, the other of a woman.
I bought the moulds and {a) book for

{a) From thefe- manufcripts he gained hia firft
knowledge, . -

five

OF ins Life ANT> Times. 153

five fhillings; the fecrets were wmte in
an imperfeft Greek charafter; but alt«
I found the vowels, all die reft were pre-
fently clear xnoUgh.

, You fee, moft worthy Sir, I write
freely 5 it is out of the lincerity of my
aifeftion, many things wrote by me hav-
ing been* more fit for a iepulture than a^
book : But, * : - *

^0 major eft virorum prafiantium^ ^ tut
Jtmilium inopia ; eo thibi charier eft, Gf effe
debet & amicitia tua: ^am quidem <nnnibus
qfficiisy & ftudiis, qu€e a Jumma benevolentia'
fojjunty perpetub cokmc lAi^wev&Ts^vAM
ftudy the curiofities before-named^ if they^
are not very well verfed in aflardfk)gy9
they fhall ; rarely attain their defired ends.
There was^ in the late times of tri^ubles,
one Mortlack, who pretended untO'Spe^
culations, .had a cryftal, a call of Queea
Mab, one of the Queen of Fairies-> he^
deluded many thereby: at laft i' ;Was
brought into his company 5 he was' dc-r
.fired to make invocation,' he didib^* i^o^c
thing appeared, or would: three or ibur:
times in my company he was pot^upoa
to do the. work, but could not ; at laft
he faid he could do pothing as long as I
was in prefence. . I at! laft ftiewed him h'iff
error, but left him as Jrfound him, a
pretended ignoramus; /• 1^ ' 1 /.r -

J may

1J4' Mr. Lilly's History

• I may fcem to fomc to write incredibiiit t> ]
bp it foi but knowing unto whom, and
for whofe only feke, I do write them,
I ani much comforted therewith, well *
l^iowing you are thcmoft knowing man
i9 th«fe curiofities of any now living in
EQgltod; and therefore it is my hope,
tkefc will be a pre&nt w:eIl-bccoming yon
to accept.

Praciara omnia quam d^cilia Jint^ his

prafertintUmporibus. {^CekberrimkArmiger^

ngn4e fugit ; and therefore I will acquaint

you, with one, njemorable ftory related

iHtfip mt by Mn John Marr, an exodlent

m«l^^atician and geometrician, whom

I €csicdive you remember : he was fervant

^ King James and Charles the Firft.

^.At firft, when the Lord Najrier, or

Miurchifton made publick his Logarithms,

IVfcl j^iggs, then reader of the aftrpno-

Wfi le^ure t at Grefliam-Coll^e in Lon-

4o!3^ Mira$ fO iiiuprized with admiradon of

tl«m»..: Iihab he could have no qtiietnefsf

in Jaicnielf, until he. had feen that noble

p»^n< .the Lord Marchifton, whofe only

ipiwentiwa they were;: he acquaints John

Marrifherewith, who went into Scotland

iel^e.Mr. Briggs, purpofely to be thwe

when thefe two fo: learned pcrfons ftiould

»eel^; Mr, Briggs appoints a certain day

when to meet at Edmburgh : but failing

^lKfle<|f, the Lord Napier wa,s doubtful he

Wpuld

OF HIS I^IFE AVT^TsMi^. 15^

iirbuld not come. It luippetied otic dayt
as John Marr and the Lord Napier wwr
foeaking of Mr, Briggs; * Ah, Jahii/>
with Marchifton, ' Mr. firiggs will not
^ now come:' attheveryinftantoneknodcs;
at the gate ; John Marr haf)£d down^ and*
it proved Mr. Brigg$/ to his great axv^
tentment. He brings Mr. Briggs up int»
my Lord's chaimber, where almoft one
quarter of an hour was ipent, each bet*
holding other almoft wim admiration^
before one Word was fpisikc : at laft Mr.
Briggs began.

' My Lord, I have tmdcrtakexi tlaw

* long journey purpofdy to fee your pcr^

* fon,. and ; t9 know by what engine rf

* wit or ii"^p8nuity you cftmccfirft tDthinki

* of this moft excellent help unto aftro-*

* nomy, ^iz. the Lcgarifhms; but, my

* Lord, being iby you ifouiad out, I won-

* der no body dfe found it out before;

* when how known, it is ib eafy/ He
was nobly etttertained by the Lord Na-s^
pier, and everjf fomiAdr aflfer that, during
the Lord's being alive, dib.venerabk man^
Mr. BriggSn went'ptorpdfely into Scot*
land to v^t bam. ^n^M'mmc mutantur.

Thefc tswo pcrfonis were, worthy men m
their time ; and yet the qoie, viz. Lbid
Marchij^qrit was a ^reat iora of afiro^
logyi but' Bnggs tii^ maSt iatirical malt*
againft it th«t bsith been Itoown: buttihe

-leaibii

156? Mr; Lilly*8 History

reafon hereof I conceive was» that Brigg^
was a fevere Prelbyterian, and wholly
convcrfant with perfons of that judg-'
ment ; whereas the Lord Marchifton was
a general icholar, and deeply read in all
divine and human hiftories: it is the
fame Marchifton who made that moft feri-
ous and learned expofition upon the Re-*
relation of St, John; which is the beft
that ever yet. appeared in the world. '

• .Thus far proceeded Mr. William Lilly
in fetting down the account of. his life,
with fixne othef* things of note. Now
ihaU be added^ fomeHiing more* which
afterwards happened during his retire-
ment at his houfe at HerAiam ^ until his
dcadi. ^ ^ ^

. He left London in the year 1665, (asr
he hath before noted) and betook him-
fclf to the ftudy. of phyfick ; in which;
having arrived at a competent degree of
knowkdge, affifted by. diligent obfervation
^nd. practice, he' deiired his old friend'
Mr. Aihmole, ta obtain of his Grace Dr.
Sheldon, then Lord Achbiihop of Can-
terbury, a licen& for the praftice of phy-
fick ; which upon- application to his Grace,
and producing a- teftimonial [Oftober S:
1670^] under the hands of twQ phyficians
of the college inXondon, on Mr. Lilly's
behalf, he moft jreadily granted, ia the
manner following, w;?, * G I L-

OF HIS. Life Aifjy Ti^l^s. 1^57

* GILB^RTUS Providentia Divina
'*,Caiituarierifis Archiepifcopus totius An-
/ gliae Primas & Metropolitan's, Dilcfto
/mobis in Chrifto Gulielmo Lilly
c^in Mediciriis Profeflbri, Salutem* gra-
-^ tiam, & benediftionem. Cum ex fide

* digna rdatiohe acceperimus Te in arte
<'five. facultata Medicmae per non modi-

* dim tempus Yerfatum fuiffe, multif-
« que de falute & ianitate corporis vere de-
f foeratis (Deo Omnipotente adjuvante)
/ iubveniiTe^ to£q; ianaiSb, nee non in
•. arte predifta multorum peritorum lau-

* dabili teftimonio pro experientia, fideli-
« tate, diligentia & induftria tuis ciroi
,«^xuras q[uas fufceperis peragendas in hu*-

* jufmodi Arte Medicinas merit6 commen-
< datum effe, ad pra6iicandum igitur Sc

* exercendum didam Artem Medicinse in,.

* & per totam Provinciam noftram Cant*
« (Civitate Lond' & circuitu feptem mil-
^ liarum eidem prox* adjacen' tantummod6
^ exceptis) ex caufis praedi^is &c aiiis nps

* in hac per te jufte moventibus, prseftito

* primitus per Te Juramentp de agnof-

* cendo Regiam fupremam poteftatem in

* caufis ecclefiafticis & temporalibus iac

* de renunciando, refutando, & recufando
^ omni, & omnimodae Jurifdiftioni, Pote-

* ftati, Authoritati & Superioritati fora-

* neis juxta vim formam & efFeftum Sta-

* tui Parliamenti hujus Iqclyti Rfg^

' Anglian

'f 5^ Mit4 LfLtY's HIrroRy

.^ Anglic in eat paite e(li£i& provHi '<{iian-«

* turn nobiS' per Statuta^ Jiujus Aegili
^ Angliae Ikeat 6c non ^ter neque mo
^ modo Te admittimas > 6c approbamns,

* Tihiq; Licentaam & Paciiltatem noftras
^ in hie partie, Tenore praTentium qudUtr^
^ diu Te ben^ & laudabiliter geflens be*-
^ nign^ concedimus & dargimur. Iti
^ cu)us ret Teftimonium Sigillum (quo
^ in h&c parte xitimur) prieifentibus Oj^
^ poni fecimus. Dat. Undecimo Die

* Menfis O£tobris, Anno Domini 1670.

* Noftneque. Tranflationis Anno 06ia7oJ

Sigillum Radulph. Snowcl
'T-^ — I ET [Regiftrarii.

Edm. Sherman j

S. Rich. Lloyd, Sun

vVicariLin Spiiitualibus Gooeralis
per Provinciam Cantuarienfem.

Hereupon he begJin to praftife more
<^^Eily, and with good fuccefs ; and every
fiatujnday rode to Kingflon, where thfc
poorer fort flockt to him from feveral
parts, and received much benefit by his
adme and prefcriptions, which he gavfe
them freely, and without money. From
th<^e that were more able, he now and

then

OP HIS Life amp Timm* i^

theft reteived a fliilling* and fometimes.
an half erown, if they offered it to him,
.ptberwife hQ demanded nothing; and, in '
truth/ his charity towards poor people
yiras very great^^ no le£$ than the care and
pains he took in confiderkgiig ^d weighing
their particular ca^s, ^iid applying proper
remedies to their mfu^itiesi which gain^
him e:?^'aordinvy credit ^a4 eftimation*

He wa$ q{ a ftroQg conftitation, and
C0nt;inued genemlly in g^od heaUhs <^iU
the i6di of Augiiftt 1.474, when a vio-
I<^nt humour dilcoveri^d iti^lf ki r^d fpots
all over his body, with little puih^ in
his bead. This, in the wintjer [18 De-
cember J following, wa#, feconded by a
diilempier whereof he feU fick, and. w^/S
Ipt blood ift the: left foot, a, little ab^ve
t.hfe ancle.

, Jls^e 2Qth oi December following, »,
hua^pur defcended feom his head to bis!
left iidQ^ froft> eight o'clock at ni^httill
the next meaning; «nd the» ftayi»® 4?
while in tb« calf of his leg, ^t length,
defcended towards hi$ t(?es, the anguifh
uyhereof put him into n fe^er. This hu-;
mpur fixed in two places oii t^ top of
his left foot (one in that where he was
lift blood two days before) which (upon
a^pplic^tion of pledgets) growing ripe, they:
were {28 Dec] lanced by Mr. Agar oi
Kingftftn, his appthec^vy (and no lefs %

fldlful

ilfftT Mr. Lilly's Historv ^

ikilfiil Surgeon :) after which he be*
gan t6 be at eafc, his fever abated, and •
within five months the cure was per-
fefted.

The 7th of Ndvcmber 1675; he was
taken with a violent fit of vomiting for
fome hours, to which a fever fucceeded,
that continued four months : This brought
his body exceeding low, together with a
dimnefs in his eyes, which after occafioned
him to make ufe of Mr. Henry Coley, as
his amanuenfis, to tranfcribe (from hb
diftates) his aftifological judgments for
the year 1677; but the monthly obfer-
vations for that year, were written with
his own hand fome time before, though
by this time he was grown very dim-'
lighted. His judgments and obfervations .
for the fucceeding years, till his death,
(fo alfo for the year 1682,) were all com-
po&d by his dire6tions, Mr. Coley com-
ing to Herfliam the beginning of every
Ibmroer, and ftaycd there, till, by con-
ference with him, he had difpatched them
for the prefs; to whom, at thefe oppor-
tunities, he communicated his. way of
judgment, and other aftrological ar-
cana's.

In the beginning of the year 1681, hc^
had a flux, which weakened him much,
yet after fome time his ftrength encreafed ;
hat now his fight was wholly taken from^

him.

pF a^is LiPK AND Times. 261

1^, ndt h^flng my glimmering as for^
inerhr.

Kfe had dwelt m^ny vears at Herfham^
Where his ch^ity' and kmdnefs to hii
ttoor heighbcwtes was always great and
neaty; ahd the 30th oi May i68i, to^
Watds the evening, a dead palfy began
to feize his left fidfe. The fecond of
Jtine^ towards evefning, he took his bed,
iaid then his tongue^ began to falter. The
«ext day hie befcartie very dull and heavy :
fometimes his fen&s began to fail him.
HericefoiwaFd he todk little or nothing,
for his laritix fwelled, and that impeded
kie fwallowing.

The fourth of June, Mr. Afhmoler
went to vifit him, and found he knew^
him, but fpake little, and feme of that
fcarce intelligible; lor the palfy began
nep^ to feizie upon his tongue.

The eighth of June he lay in a great
agony, infomuch that the fweat followed
drop after drop, which he bore with
wonderful courage and patience (as in-
deed he did all his fickneft) without com-
plair!t; and about three o'clock the next
tnorning, he died, without any fhew of
trouble or pangs. Immediately before his
breath went from him, he fneezed three
times • ,

He had often, in his life-time, de-
fired Mr. A(hmole to take care of his
funeral, and now his widow defired the
M fame:

i6z Mr. Lilly's HistorV

fame : whereupon Mr< Aflunole x>btaiaed
leave from Sir Mathew Andrews (who
had the parfonage of Walton) to bury
him in the chancel of that church.

The loth of June, his coarfe was
brought thither, and received by the mi-
nifter (in his furplice) at the Litch-Gates^
who, pading before the body into the
church, read the firft part of the Office
for the Burial of the Dead. In the read-
ing deik he faid all the evening fervice*
and after performed the reft of Sie office
(as eftabUfbed by law) in the chancel^ at;
the interment, which was about eight
o'clock in the evening, on the left fide of
the communion table, Mr. Afhmole ,af-
fitting at the laying him in his grave;
whereupon afterwards [9 July i68i.lhe
placed a fair black marble ftone, (which
coft him fix pounds four fhillings and fix
pence) with this infeription following. .

Ne Oblivione conteretur Urna
G U L I E L M I L I L L I I

ASTROLOGI PERlTlSSIlsfl,

QUI FATIS CESSIT

Quinto Idus Junii Anno Chrifti Juhano

MDCLXXXI.

Hoc nil pofuit amoris Monumentum

E L I A S , A S H M O L E,

A R M I G E R.

OF HIS LiFS AND TiMES. 163

Shortljr after his death, Mr, Afhmole
bought his library of books of Mrs. Ruth
Lilly, (his widow and executrix) for fifty
pounds : he oft times, in his life-time, ex-
prefled, that if Mr* Afhmole would give
that fum, he ihould have them.

The following Epitaphs (Latin and
Englifh) were made by George Smal-
ridge, then a fcholar at Weftminfter,
after Student of Chrift-Church in Ox-
ford,

In Mortem Viri Dodiilimi Domini Gulielmi
Lilly, Aftrologi, nuper defundi.

OCcidlt atque Aiis annalibus addidit atram
Aftrologus, qui non triflior ulla, diem
Pone triumphales^ lugubris Luna, quadrigas %

Sol maeftum picea nube reconde caput.
Ilium, qui Phcebi fcripfit, Phoebefq; labores

Eclipun docuit Stella mali|na pati,
Invidia Aftrorum cecidit, qui Sidera rexit

Tanta erat in notas fcandere cura domes.
^lod vidit, vifum cupiit, potiturq^ cupito

Ccelo, & Sidereo fulget in orbe decu$.
Scilicet hoc nobis praedixit ab anc Cometa,

£t fati emicuit nuncia Stella tui
Fallentem vidi faciem gemuiq; videndo

Ilia fuit vati mortis imago iuo,
CivHis timuere alii primordia belli

Jejunam metuit plebs ftupefata famem
Non tantos tulerat belluftive famefve dolores :

Aufpiciis eflcnt haec relevanda tuis.
In cautam fubitus plebem nunc opprimat enfis^
* Securos fati mors violenta trahat.
Nemo eft qui videat moneatq; avertere fatum^

Ars jacet in Domini funera merfa fui

M 2 Solus

164 Mr. Lilly's Historv

Solus naturae refervare arcana IbUbat^

. Solus & ambigui folvere jura pod,
Lufiradi erantes bene Ani mente Planetas

Confpe&um latuit flellata nulla tuum
Defeffos oculos pensarunt lumina mentis
. Firefias ocolis^ mcntibus Argus eras. •
Ccmere, Firefia, poteras ventura, fed^ Argt^

In fatum baud poteras fat vigil efle tuum
Sed vivit oomen Temper cum fole vigebit^

Immemor Aftrologi non erit^ulla dies
Saech canent laudes, quas fi percurrcre cones,

Arte opus eft^ Stellas qui numerare fqles
Haereat hoc carmen cinerum cuftodibus umis,

Hofpcs quod fpargcns marmora rore legat.
** Hie litus eft, dignus nunquam cecidifle Propheta ^

** Fatorum interpres fata inopina fubit,
** Verfari aothcreo dum vixit in orke folebat:

'' Nunc humilem jaftat Terra fupcrba virum.
*' Sed Coelum metitur adhuc refupinus in urni

** Vertitur in fplitos palpebra claufa polos.
** Huic bufto invigilant folenni lampade Mufe,

*' Perpetuo nubes imbre fepulchra rignnt.
•* Hie oculis movit diftantia Sidera nollris,

** lUam amota oculis traxit ad aftra Deus."

An Ei^E GY upon the Death of William
Lilly the Aftrologer.

OU R Prophet's gone ; no longer may our ears ,
Becharm'd withmufickof th* harmonious fpheres.
Let fun and moon withdraw, leave gloomy night
To Ihew their Nuncio's fate, who gave more light
To th' erring world, than all the feeble ravs
Of fun or moon j taught us to know thole days
Bright Titan makes 5 followed the harty fun
Through idl his circuits ; knew th' unconftant moon, '
And more unconftant ebbings of the flood ;
And what is moft unqertain, th' fa«5tious brood,

Flowing

Of HIS Lffe ani> iTiMis. 165

Flowing in civil broils : by^he heavens eould date
Thp flux and refluic of our dubious ftatt. .
He faw the ecllpfe of fun, and change of moon
He faw, but feeing would not (hun his ovmr.- '
Eclips'd be was, that he might fliine more bright.
And only chang'd to give a fuller light.
Hejiaving view'd the (ky, -and glorious strait ' -i .
Of gild^ed ftarsr, fcorn*d longer to remain
In earthly prifons : could he a village love,* ....
Whorti the twelve hpufes waited for abQv^?
The grateful ftars a heavenly manGon gave '
T' his heavenly foul, nor could he live a flave

'To.mojttJ paflions, whofcr inirnortal an^i^ "
Whilft herjB on earth, was not to earth eonfin'd.
He jnuft be gone, the' ftars had fo decreed; /
As We oF thetti, lb they of him, had need. ' -" -
This wefiage 'twas the blading comet brouglA ;
I faw the pale-fac'd ftai*, and feeitig' thought .
(Fof we could guefs, but only LILLY knew)
It tlid fome glorious hero's fall forelhew ; - ' -

:A hei;d's faU'n, whofe deith^ more than a Var,
Or fire, ideferv'd a comet : rh' obfequious ftar^
Could do no lefs than his fad fate unfoldj / \
Who had their rifings, ^nd their fettings toW. ' '
Some thcught a plague, a/id (bme a fanline Aear ;

. Sbnoe wats'from France* fpme fires at home did fear:
Nor did they fear too much : fcarce kinder tate.
But plague of plagues befell th* unhappyft^^t^ • * *'

'When L-ILLY died. ^ Now fwirds may lafelf come

' From France or Rome, fangticks plot at hornet
No\gr ^unfeen, and unexpeded hand, i ..

. By guidance of ill ftars, may hurt our land,; '
Unfafe, becaufe fecure, thi^re's none t4 Ao^'-' * *
How^ Eoglmd may nverr tha fatal blow. ' ^ ,
He's dead, whofe deith.tlie weeping doui)s deplore
I vi'ifh we did not owe to him that fliow'r' ^
Which kmg expeftcd was, and flight hiivc; ftill
Expeded t>een, had Jiot our nation*s ill *
Drawn from the heavens a fympathetick tear :
England hath caufe a fecond draught to fear. .'
We have no fecond L I L LY, who 'may die,
/^n^ by his death niay make the heavens cry.

M 3 Then

l66 Mr; Lilly's History

Then let youf annals, Colby, want this day.
Think every year leap-year ; or if 't muft ftay,
Cloath it in black ; let a fad note ftapd by,
And ftigmatize it to pofterity.

Here follows the Copy of an In^
didment filed ag^inft Mr. Lilly,
for which fee Page ip4pf his Life.

THE jurors for the Lord Protcftor of
the commonwealth of England,
Scotland and Ireland^ &g, upon their
oaths do prefent, that William Lilly, late
of the Parifh of St. Clements Danes, in
the County of Middlefcx, Gent, not hav-
ing the fear of God before his eyes, but
being moved and feduced by the inftigation
of the devil, the loth day of July, m the
Year of our Lord, 1654, at the Parifh a-
forefaid, in the County afbreiaid, wick-
edly, unlawfully and deceitfully, did take
upon him, the find William Lilly, by in-
chantment, charm and forcery, to tell and
declare to one Anne Eaft, the wife of
Alexander Eaft, where ten waiftcoats, of
the value of five pounds, of the goods and
chattels of the faid Alexander Eaft, then
lately before lof: and ftolen from the faid
Alexander Eaft, ftiould be found and be-
come; and two ftiillings and fixpen<;e in
monies nunibred, of the monies q/ the
2 &xd

OP HIsXiFE AND TlMES. 167

laid Alexandfer, frcMn the faid Anne Eaft,
then and there unlawfully and deceitfully,
he, the faid William, Lilly, did take, re-
ceive, and had, to tell and declare to her
the faid Anne, where the faid goods, fb
loft and ftolen as aforefaid, ihould be
found and become : And alfo that he, the
faid William: Lilly, on the faid tenth day
of July, in the Year of our Lord, 1654,
and divers other days and times, as well
before as afterwards, at the faid Parifli
aforefaid, in the County aforefaid, unlaw-
fully and deceitfully did take upon him,
the faid William Lilly, by enchantment,
charm and forcenr, to tell and declare to
divers other perlons, to the faid jurors,
yet unknown, where divers goods, chat-
tels and things of the faid pejibns yet un-
known, there lately before loft and ftolen
from the faid perfons yet unknown, ftiould
be found and become ; and divers fums of
monies of the faid perfons yet unknown,
then and there unlawfully and deceitfully,
he the faid William Lilly did take, receive,
and had, to tell and declare tathe fajd per-
fons yet unknown, where their goods,
chattels and things, fo loft and ftolen, as
aforefaid, fhould be found and become, in
coiitempt 0/ the laws of England, to the
great damage and deceit of the faid AleXf
ander and Anne, and of the faid othc;«
M 4 per-

i458 Mr. 1>il^y's Hj^torv, ^c.

perfbns yet unkxu>w^^ to tiic evil imd
pernicioi^s example of lall others in tbe
Uke cafe oflS^dingy agaonft the fonri of
the il^iti^te in this c«le v^c and provi4ed^
^d againilthe publick^eace^ 6cc.

Anne. JEast,

. Jane jSold,
Katherine Roberts^
Susannah f^ULiNGE^

Sj;VERAl^

SEVERAL

PBSERVATIONS

UPON THE

LIFE AifD DEATH

CHARLES I.

LATE

IC I J>r G OF E N G L A N D.

'" I" ' - ' . ' •■ ' r

T O T HE

READER.

BY the enfuing difcourfe, I fhall draw
down upon me the malevolent in-
fluence of a number of people; with
whofe malice being already acquainted^ I
care the lefs : I can fall no lower than the
earth; and whoever thrufts me down
fooner than nature intended, muft fdlow
me fooner than he would be willing.

An impudent prick-eared Prelbyterian
Prieft, rencounters me one day. * Now
^ Lilly, what fay you Mr. Merlinus unto
^ Charles, the fon of Charles the prefent
' Scotifh King ; he 11 pull the rebels out of
' White-Hall by the ears.' After a little
modeft fcolding, the man was calm, and
J promifed filence as to his name, &c. I

cannot.

172 To THE READER.

cannot wafti the Blackmoor white : thefe
woeful Priefts have fo hardned their hearts
againft this State, pipe I never fo melodi-
oufly unto them, or though the Parlia-
ment a6l never fo wifely and prudently for
our and their goods, they will rebel againft
the State, and envy me.

If any bufy-body objeft, it's befides my
talk^to write the ^ife of, the late King; I
fay,- no : I coulA do no lefs. I have no
way injured him ; there is nothing I men-
tion pf him which I had not from thofe
pcrfons of cteidit, who either faiiAr the ac-
tions done, or heard with their ears the
riyords; delivered. I have rather beoi fpar-
ii^g than lavifhv even when I mention his
#orft or fouleft aftions : there are hun^
drcds alive, who ; will fwear i have more
baJ&m than corroftve in the difcourfe. I
would be forry tx> belie the dgad^ as Mr.
Fuller hath Paracelfus, who delivers him
. unto pofterity for a drunkard, : ; though
thofe •* who Kv^d with him, knew no
fuch thing by .hirti, but report, him vir-
tikms. But that Mr. Fuller ipay know
he jhath wantortly ?»bufed his oratory, I
bt the a^ to come know thus ni^ch of
himfclf, viz. That he toqk the CQvenafljt

* Biihop of Saltburg.

twice

To THE READER. *^3

twice for the Parliament; - t^ore my ftce
m the Savoy Church ; invited othertf \ikv^
k; yet, Apoftatc-Kke,' nm v^rithin fev^^]
days to Oxford, and there whined to hi*
companions, and protefted, the Countefs
of R. made him take it. * Let not thy
^ jefts, like mummy^ be made of deatf

* mens flefh. Abufe 'not any that are

* departed; for to wrong their memo-

* ries, is to rob their ghofts of their

* winding-flieets */ And yet this man
muft call Paracelfus a quackfalver, and
give him befides, other Billingfgate lan-
guage. Do6lor Charlton -f- ftiles Para-
celfus the ornament of Germany, &c.
Let the world and writings of the man
judge of the truth of Mr. Fuller's fcurvy
language.

I'll apologize for nothing I have now
writ; only, if in 1644 I differ fome*
what from what I now write about the
White King and Eagle ; I can fay for my-
felf, * later counfels ever corre6l the form-
« er ;' and that's anfwer enough. Befides,
the White King's tragedy is now afted,
it was then on the ftage. Long live the
Parliament ; God blcfs the Army ; all

* Says Thomas Fuller in his Holy State, page 156,
t In his Mag. cure of wounds, page 30*

hap^

174 To THE READER.

Happinefs unto the Commonwealth^
and unto all my difperfed friends in
Exiigland, Ireland^ anjl Scotland. Adieu.
I am.

Corner-tionie* met
again
Bridj
1651

r/gc^jTas. WILLIAM LILLV.

' >' * * ■ »

OBSER.

OBSERVATIONS

U P O N T H B

LIFE AND DEATH

O F

KING CHARLES !•

CHARLES STUART, late King
of England, was born atDumter-
lin in Scotland, about fifteen miles
from Edinburgh, November 19, 1600/
He lived forty eight years, and about
feventy two days. He died in the begin-
ning of his climafterical year, fatal many
times where killing direftions in the na-
tivity threaten. Several charafters are
given of him ; fome do too much mag-
nify him, others as much vilify him. He
was well educated by his father Under
careful tutors, men of great knowledge^
in all manner of qualities, fit for educa-'
tion of princes ; and oame to the crown

' , being;

176 Ort TUt LifeE AND DeATI* .

being aged twenty-four yeax's axid aBouf
fotir months, even in the flower of his
age. Of his infancy we have little to
mention, only he was noted to he very
wilful and obftinatc by Queeji Anne his
mother, and fome others who then weM
about him. His mother being told he
was very lick and like to die, faid. He
would hot then die, or at that time, but
Hxt to be the ruin of himfelf^ ?ndrthe
occafion of the lofs of his three King-
doms, by his too much wilfulnefs : A
fad predidlion from a mother, who moft
entirely loved him ; but it proved very true
in the fequd; Some affirm fhe had^ thftt
forefight of his condition from a flrangcr,
who had not only great judgment in nati-
vities, but in the more fecret learnings
others, that one Englilh, a Scot, inferm*'
ed her thereof firff. Queen Anne maybe
thought to have the fpirit of projphecy in
fudging fo rightly on nerfon and daugh-
ter ; for fhe fd much fcorhed and under-
valued the Paligrave for a hufband unto
the Lady Elizabeth, that in mofl of lier
language after and before the marriage^
fhe would call her Goodwife t^alfgravej
a name and title fhe thought good enougR
for any woman fhould marry that dull and
unfortunate man : and indeed her fears
and'^predidions proved molt true* The
old Scotiih Lady his nurfe was iifed to
- . • I affirm

tf EiNO CHARLES t 177

affirm as much> and Aat he was of a very
evil nature even in his infancy ; and the
lady, who after took charge of him, can-
not deny it, but that he was beyond mea-
iiire wilful, and unthankful : Yet while
he was young, he followed his book feri-
oufly, which his elder brother Prince
Henry could not endure; and therefore
King James would frequently blame
Prince Henry with the negleft of his
book, and tell him how his brother Charles
followed it ; whereupon the Prince would
reply, when that he himfelf (hould be
Kmg, he would make his brother Charles
Archbifliop of Canterbury. And to fpeak
truly of him, he had many Angular parts
in nature ; he wzs an excellent horfeman,
would (hoot well at a mark, had (ingular
Ikill in limning an<f piftures, a good ma-
thematician, not unlkilful in mufick, well
read in divinity, excellently in hiftory,
and no lefs in the laws and ftatutes of
this nation; Hie had a quick and fharp
conception, wouM write his mind Angu-
larly weU, and in good language and
ftile, only he loved long Parenthefes. He
would apprehend a matter in difference
betwixt party and party with great readi-
nefs, and methodife a long matter, or
contraft it in few lin^s : infomuch as I
have heard Sir Robert Holborne oft fay,
he had a quicker conception, and would
N fooner

' 178 On the Life and Death

fooner underfland a cafe in law, or with
more fhaq)ncfs drive a matter unto a
head, than any of his Privy Council ; in-
fomuch, that when the King was not at
the Council Table, Sir Robert never cared
to be there. He had alfo, amongft other
his fpecial gifts, the gift of patience ; in^
fomuch, that if any offered him a long
difcourfe or fpeech, he would with much
patience, and without any interruption or
diftafte, hear a fpeech or ftory out at
length; but then he would expe(5l the
fame civility from others. He was a great
admirer of his Queen (if he diflembled
not), very uxorious, feldom denying her
any requeft, and for her fake was very
civil to the old Queen of France her mo^
then The height of his affeftion unto
the Queen, fully you may perceive in
thofe tranfcendent expreffions of his, in
letters fent unto her, the* copies whereof
were intercepted at Nafeby, and fnice
printed ; his conclufion being always,
** Thine eternally," or, ** Farewel deai-
/' heart/'

He communicated his weightieft, and
moft private defigns unto her; nay, there
was very little of any moment, but flie
was advifed with concerning it : and yet,
wliat reafon the Queen knew to the con-
trary, I could not learn, but Ihe more

; than

.OP K^NG CHARLES 1/ lyg

than once twitted him in the teeth with
diffembling, &c. a quality which indeed
he was as fufficiently mafter.of as any
man living, and which queftionlefs he
had partly from his father, and partly
from the climate he was born in, viz.
Scotland. An indulgent father, careful,
if not too covetous to have provided pa-
trimonies for his children ; ror he would
often fay, when fome beggarly courtier
propounded a monopoly or projeft unto
him, affirming it would produce unto
his coffers fo many thoufand pounds a
year, or much increafe his revenue; he
would prefently fend for the Judges, or
fome of his Counfel at Law, and if they
affirmed and confented he might by law-
grant the thing defired, he often would
fay, * He knew no reafon, but that he

* miglit grant the matter in queftion,

* fith the thing itfelf was juft and law-
' ful, for he had many children to pro-

* vide for/ Before the wars he was a
great enemy to bloodfhed, or wilful mur-
der, infomuch, that when one Stamford
had in an infurre6lion in Fleet-ftreet, kil-
led a man, he could by no means be drawn
to fign a pardon unto him, though Stam-
ford had been Buckingham's favourite
and countryman, and very great inter-
ceffion had been made unto him for his
pardon. Where he once really afFefted,

N 2 ^ he

h^h O^ THE LiVt AN* BEA^fYf

iit W^ tvtr k pferfeft friend ; Svitnds liiS:
tMitlAUknce or affeStibia unto all fiuck-
Migharh's friends after his death, yei, un-
til his 6^ IMl decay of fc>rtune. He
isras k gr?!aLt lov^> if net tea much, or
the ckrgy^ arid hi^y advanced thetn ; in-
fomuch, as under him they grew firft in-
Iblent, and then ikucy; aindiftdeed, his
faiduifrente unto them did in part procure
tintp hfmfeif the peopie's hate. Whether
his indulgence tinto the clergy, proceeded
from Sb religious afife6iion rather to ad*
Vatice the ways c^ righteoufnefs^ oi- God's
tatuft^ than his^ own private defigns, it
hath been by m^any controverted ^ but by
Judicious men ^judged, that his own felf-
tttAs \Vere therein more fought after than
bropi^ating the gofpd ; {cy that he ferved
nimfett by pretendihg to acivance thfr
^^^^gy* tie erred extreaimly in this one
bulrndS: when divers godly chriftians in
Norfolk delivered him a petition againft
the tyrant Wren, their bifhop ; he fcnj:
for Wren, and bad him anfwer it* No-
velties in doffcrine he hated, as much as
in Cetemony. He loved not greatly the
ftncient nobility or gentry of this nation;,
but did rather prefer creatures of his own^
6r father's making. ]How much he loved
any of the nobility or gentry, but for his
own ends, he made it plainly a^ear at
Oxford, v^^ere he procured fundiy of ^

Eng-

OF King CHAilLES I. iSi

Engliil\ nobles^ and x^any g^fitkmen^
ftiembers of the Houfe pf Commofis^ t?
recede from the Parliament at Wfftniifi-j
iler, and convene at Oxford, wherg hinE\-
felf was ; and after th^t this i^^ock B^r
iiament, to fatisfy his delirc, had convene^
and afl^mbled, done what they couj^i
and thereby engaged their per^ns af>d
cftates for him ; yet, becau^ they wpi} j^
not in ^11 things <^oniply with Ji^s tyran-
nical humour, in a letter pf l^s unto tHp
Queen, he complains of them unjo her,
and faid, * He was fo troubled with ?

* morigrel Parliament, he could dp iip-

* thing, &c/ This fcornful epithet, <^
badge c^ difgrace, was all the rew<^.rd aay
of ^ofe unfortunate gentleipen ha^ ffosi
him ; but it was juft they fhoifld be §>
paid their wages, tjiat in fp traiterous a
way deferted the Parliament at Wef^u^-
fter, which fits tp this day, &c. He
cared not much for the Cqmjno^ Law, ot
very omch for the Long Gown m^ ; ^e
Icjarn^ed that difafFe(5^i^on of his rfo^ his
father Jemmy, who cpuld nqi ensure tHe
Lord Chief Jijftice pokc^ .^caufe fie ever
faid thp Prierogative was hpup^ed by Lavsr,
and w^ Uinitabje ; but t^x^X excellent p^->
triot was wprfted for his 4^ affe^iion to
his country, by Egerton Ac Chancellor,
.who mAintaine^ Ae ^cc^^tfa^y/'fu^d w?is
ivwtbily fii well jpwaf dgi jby the ol^ Sfcpt

N 3 for

i82 On the Life and Death

for his labour, Jemmy taking the Great
Seal from him before he was dead, yea,
in a difgraceful manner. The Common-
alty of England he neither cared for, took
much ftotice of, or much difrefpefted;
holding this opinion only, becaufe he was
their King, they ought in duty to fervc
•him. The Citizens of London, though
they much courted him with their flat-
teries, and; large gifts, and in his lateft
extremities relieved him with confiderable
fums of money, yea even at Oxford in foap
•barrels j ^ yet he flighted them, thought
them ever too rich, and intended for theifi
a fevere revenge. Had he ever maftered
the Parliainent, he was advifed, by one I
well knew, to have demolifhed half the
city : what he would have done had he
been viftorious, God knows. He woukl
often f^,* it was the nurfery of the
prefent ^rebellion, for fo he called the
wars, &c. and that the body of the city
was too large for the head. I have heard
it from the mouths of many worthy gen-
tlemen, whofe hap it was to ferve him in
the late wars, that they did believe, had
he, viz. the King, by arms conquered
this Parliament, . he would have proved
the greateft tyi-ant the Englifh nation ever
had to rule other them, and therefore they
djd ftill pray for a reconcilement betwixt
the Parliament and Hiin> but could never

endure

OF King CHARLES I, 183

endure to hear he (hould fonquer our ar-
mies, &c. And fo'mucyh in a mannei:
dropped out from the mouth of Rupert,
who giving command for executing fome
things contrary to the laws; and being ac-
quainted with his miftake, *^ Tufh," quoth
he, " we will have no more law in Eng-
*' land henceforward but the fworti." He
had a. natural imperfeftion in his fpeech^
at fome times could hardly get out a word,
yet at other times he would fpeak freely
and articulately; as the firft day of his
coming before the High Court of Juftice,
where cafually I heard /him; there he
Hammered nothing at all, but fpoke very
diftin6lly, with much courage and mag^-
nanimity. As a man he had his imper-
feftions, for he was very covetous and
gripple, and fparing of his treafure (qua-
lities nothing commendable in a King ;)
and if at any time liberal, it was rather
to the undeferving or boifterous fellows,
than well meriting : by how much the
more humbly any made their addrefles
ujito him, by fo much the more was he
imperious, lofty, and at a diftance with
them; whereupon it moft an end hap-
pened, that the impudent and bold were
rewarded, and the virtuous flighted ; which
imperfeftion of his enforced a bold-fpi- '
rited Courtier to fay, « There was no way
* to get any boon from him, but by im-
N 4 * pudence.

;i84 Qn i*he Llfe and Death

5 pudence^ and cajoling him with vinbe«
• Iccming language/ Yet he himfelf was
never obfcenc in his fpeech, pr afFefted i%
in others. I have only met with, or
taken notice of> two pafiages, which
argue him guilty of unbefeemimg lan^
guage. Firft, in all or moft of his letter^
unto the Queen, he terms the Parliament
rebel?! though they were lawfuljy con-
vened, and not diflblvcd, or to be dif-
folved, without their own confent; but
time, and tjieir viftories, acqu^nted him
with more civil langu^e, and taught
him to ftyle them a Parliament. In ano-
ther letter of his unto her, he calls the
Lord General Fairfax, who was then the
parliament's General, their brutifli Gene-
ral j a moft imcivil term and epithet to
beftow upon fo brave a man, (6 civil, fo
valiant, and fo much a gentleman as Fair-
fax was, and is. Affurcdly the progeni-
tors of the Lord Fairfax were gentlemen,
,and of good eftates then, and at what
time the anceftors of the Stuarts were
but poor ftewards unto a family in Scot-
land : and what a preferment it is now,
or was fome three hundred years fmce, tQ
\>t bailiff or fteward unto a Spotifh family,
let the whole world judge ; for this was
the true original of the rife and growth
pf the family of Stuarts, and no other;
lliOUgH fince bv marriage they came ^ ^e

'lyings

! B¥ Kins CHARLES Ir 1$$

^ Kings of Scotland, (las their own chronir»
If J f les relate). He <iid not greatly court tlif
jlji ladies, nor had he a lavifti affeftion untp

Ij^, many I He was manly, and well fitted foj'

j/g venerious fports, yet rarely frequented il^f

li licit b^Sf I do not hear of above one of

jK two natural children he had, or left be*

^ hind him. He h^ exquifite judgment

jj by the eye, and phyfiognomy, to dif^ov^r

I the virtuous frcwn th? wanton. Jit

^ honoured the virtuous^ and was very fhy

1^ fmd choice in wgndring tho^ ways, and

1 when he did it^ it was with much cauti-r

J^ . oufnefs and fecrefy ; nor did he proftitute
his aifei^ion^ but imto tho& of e^quifita
per£?ns or parts : and thiiff the Queen wdji
|jiews nor did fhe;, wink at it. He ha4
much of felf-ends in all that he did, ao4
f moft difficult thing it was tx> hQl4 hiqi
<dofe to his own promife or word : he wa,?
j^ to recede, unlefs fomething therein
appeared compliable, either ^nto his owi^
will, profit, or ju4gme!nt; (b that (awfi
foreign princes beftowed <m him the ch»-
.fafter of a moft falfe prince, a&d Qn«e that
licver kept his word, unlefs for bis own
$idvantage. Had his judgment been 93
ibund^ ^s his conceptioH was ^ck anjd
.nimble, he had been a moft accomplifho^
jgemtlanan : and though in onoft dangerous
l-elults, and extraordinary feriou^ confulta^
1»m^f aai v^ m$sM$ lertber for itate

^86 On the Life and Death

or commonwealth, he would himfelf give
the moft folid advice, and found reafons^
why foch or fuch a thing ihould be fo,
or not fo ; yet was he moft ealily with-
drawn from his own moft wholefome and
found advice or refolutions; and with as
much facility drawn on, inclined, to em-
brace a far more utifafe, and nothing (b
wholefome a counfeL He would argue
logically, and frame his arguments arti-
ficially ; yet never almoft had the happi-
nefs to conclude or drive on a de(ign in
his own fenfe, but was ever baffled with
meaner capacities^. He feared nothing
in this world, or difdained any thing
more than the convention of a Par-
liament; the very name was a bugbear
unto him. He was ever refraftory againft
the fummoning of a Parliament, and as
willingly would embrace an opportunity
to break it off. This his averfenefs be-
^ng well known to fome grave members,
they contrived at laft by wit, and the
neceffity of the times, that his hands were
faft tied up in granting a triennial fit-
-ting> or a perpetuity as it were unto
this prefent Parliament ; a thing he often
blamed himfelf for, fubfcribing unto, and
-as often thofe who importuned him there-
unto. And therefore I wonder at that
paffage^of his (if it was his, which I
doubt of) in that book publiflied under

his

OF .King CHARLES I. 187.

p his name, and called his PORTRAI-
,j^ TURE, wherein he maintains this Par-
J J iiament was called as much by his own
^ choice and inclination, as ad^dce of others 2
^ whereas it is manifeftly knpwn even.unljO
L^ all, it wa^ only neceflity, and the impor-
tunity of the Englifh, :who would not
fight with the Scots, and this, only caufe
was it which gave occalion . for calling of
this Parliament; the Scots at prefent
being pofleffed of Newcaftle. For the book
itfelf, it maintains fo many contradi6lions
unto thofe things manifefted by his own
letters, under his own hands^ unto the
Queen, that I conceive the moft part of it
Apocrypha; the Meditations or Pfalms
wholly were added by others : fome looJfe
papers he had, I do well know, but they
were yiothing fo well methodifed, but ra-
ther papers intended after for the prefs,
or as it were a Memorial. or Diary, than
fuch a well couched piece, and to fo little
purpofe. But it IS anfwered by the
learned Milton. He was feldom in the
times of war feen to be forrowful for
the flaughtcr of his people or foldiers,
or indeed any thing elfe : whether by na-
ture or cuftom his heart was hardened,
I leave for others to judge. When un- '
fortunately the Parliament had loft fome
of their men in the weft,: at Marlborough,
and the D^vu;es, and they brought in a

jpiferable

j%i Ok THE Life and Death

fiiifef able condition, without hoie or flioes,
er icBxct cloaths, into Oxford a$ a tri-
umph, he was content to be a fpe6tator
of their calamities, but gave neither order
^ their relief, or commands for eafe of
their fufferings ; nay, it w^s noted by foane
there preftnt, he rejoiced in their fad aff
fii&ion* So afterwards, when Hambden
wa9 wounded, or near ^lat time in Buck*
inghamfhirc, it happened a venr valiant
ibklier c^ the Parliament's iide to foe
taken, fl^ript flark naked, his body being
ihot in niany places, and his moulder
|>roke : this poor foul in this condition
and pi^lfile, was fet on a poor lean }zde^
fmd brouj^t as a triumph before the
King, where be ftood accompanied with
inany Nobles. It would have pitied any
one'$ heart, to have heard how this poor
man was reviled and upbraided by lewd
^rople, even as he pafied ciofe by the
King's presence; wiio neither pitied die
man, rebuked the unruly people, or gave
order for cure x>i his wouiMilis : but God
«ured th? foldier inftantly, for he died
^re he was forty paces tfrom the King'^
^efence ; vid notwithftanding the mifery
fi£ the Aian, and Iborpnefs of his wounds^
ytit wais the .gi;ea;^ete <^ his ifint and
4:ourage fo undaunted, &at h^ rode y^
^upright u^Gii the poor jade^ nothing
4aunte4 Qlthcj;; at last owa prefeiat coa*

j^ition^

I (bt 1^4*6 CllARLES t «6f

nrfc ^o«, <x ^reieftce of the Kmg. It wi»
i i t)bfel:ved, that a lewd WoBian, as he paKfe*
pfl f)y, calling him Rs4*l, tie Oftly ItAfkeil
iBi fternly at her, «id (kid, * Y'oU wfcttreJ*
or Some Nobles feei:ng the liard-keartednelb
bji bf the King upon this fad acddettt, aoA
M Iww little he snhx^et thofe ;wht) ckhfe*'
mil foaigkt for br alg^hft Mm, upon tfustneer
Hi octaHoh ^eftrted hilf)(i> »«d <»aae for La^^
ni d6n> &c.

t £\rm the lobks and geftures of ipnnce&

k , Ttfe ^obferved, you tde^ fee, ^nd fewRll

ji 'Either good or iU c€»imixd^mis grounded

I \here6h. He W^s (Jtefefwei isi -his di«ft«>

^ ^ed heaiitily, and wibiitd Annk vAvm «

I 'ineais ifredy, but^dt hi txeefsv .He>tvw

I father violent thdYi fhOiisrate tli emn-

, =<!ifes : when he Vf(3tktd im ^dot, be rath*

, trotted than paced, he #eftt fo faft. ffc

, was nothing at all ^^^eft to luxury, wife

-•extrcanfi fbber bbtli i^ Ms food aiid <m*-

■parel ; ih> the \0^ 'Syhcreof he to^gWr

rather be ifeid to go ddahly and neat,.

l3ten gaudy or ridt^ttfty -, ««id isn to .the

former, he rttther loVed 4bber, foil and

Tub^anti^l diihiBis, thdn kkkflfawis, w4iicb

=the extrav^laAt Nobles Ifedd "for their

wantonnfefs feke; tlfiatrgh rtianrtifties,'>etee

they are Mslied V\4tk ciStdaSkes ^ diet,

their eftates lie pawned -fbirtkemii. In the

general he Was ni5t "^ei<Jus ^ ^atfd -^yct Who

^ver fltall fay Ht vrii» ^^tintimis, oxcrtaml^

errs.

«^a On the Life and Death

errs. He was a medley betwixt virtue
and vice. He was magnificent in fbme
meafure^ and was the only caufe of the
1>uiiding that miracle of fhips called the
Royal Sovereign : and when fome of his
Nobles acquainted him with the vaft
charge thereof, he replied, * Whv fliould

• not he be admitted to build tnat fliip

• for his own pleafure, and which might

• be upon occafion ufeful for fervice of
•the kingdoms, as 'well as fome Nobles
^ prodigally fpent their patrimony in rio-

• tons and ungodly courfes, nothing either

• for their credits or reputations, or any
^ way beneficial to the kingdom ?' It was
wifely faid of him at that time, ' Every

• man had his proper vanity, and that was

• his, if the people accounted it fo.' He
:was ill thought of by many, especially the
Puritans then fo called, for fufering the
chapel at Somerfet-Houfe to be built
for the Queen, where mafs was pub-
lickly faid. Yet was he no Papift, or fa-
voured any of their tenets ; nor do I re-
member any fuch thing.was ever objefted
againft him. Myfelf was once there to
gaze, whilft the prieft was at high mafs :
the fcxton and others thruft roe out very
uncivilly, for which I protefted never to

rcome there again.

The aftions of Kmgs an4, Princes are
lookt upon with many eyes, >vhereof fome

ever

OF King CHARLES I. 191

ever prove either fquint or puryind. So
long as we live in this woiid, om Con-
verfation cannot be with faints, but witii
the fons of Adam, who ever fmell of
fome corruptions. Many alfo have blam*
ed him for writing untd the Pope when
[ he was in Spain : others think ill of him

J for the many reprieves he gave unto femi*

, nary priefts; and Mr,; Pryn fwejtts to

^ purpofe in aggravating his offence there-

by. Why he might not as well in a civil
way write unto the Ppp?, as write apd
fend his Ambaffador to the great, Turk,
* I know not : and for his mercy to thoie

priefts, who had not occajlioned rebellion
in his dominions, tiiily charity bids .me
to make rather a good than ill conftrucf
tion. And were not the common law of
this nation more in force than tliat canoi>
of fcripture, thofe things could not be
juftified, putting men to. death for reli-
gion, pr taking orders beyond fea, &c.

He was ambitious, and difdaixied in his
youth to match with any of the Englifli
ladies; and therefore, upon hopes of a
marriage with the prefent King of Spain's
filler, Monday the 27th of Feb. 1622.
he fet forward for Spain, went firft into
France, and from thence with his high
thoughts pafled the mountains. Neither
had he fuccefs in the marriage defired^ or
did he get honour by that journey, al-
though

\^k On th£ Lif£ and Dsath

though m^ magnificentlv entertained In
Spain. Some private diigufts happened
there and in that voyage^ infomucn as he
never, after his return into England^
much cared for the Spaniard; which he
tnade publickly known in feveral years of
his reign. H^ was accompanied to $p^
with the Duke of Buckingham, one
whom fornicrly he extreamly hated, but
after that journey as extreamly ftocied^
being his only great favourite. People
generally were nothing fatisfied with that
his journey undert^en fo rafhly; yet
many fober men judged very well of the
tnarriage itfelf, and thefe did pubiicklf
fever, the Spaniard was rich, and a brave
man, would not be troublefome unto us
with unneceflary vifits, would ever bring
gold in his pockets ; was a people, with
whom the Englilh merchants had a great
and rich trade, and with whofe natural
conditions the Englifli did pretty well
fympathife; and for the Infanta's ftricl-
iiefe in the Roman religion, there was hf
inany prudent men very little qu^on
made, that it would produce any ill to
this nation, which now had heon Prote-
(lant above fixty years : and they did alfo
tonfider that the PritiGC was very furcly
grounded in his own Proteftant faith, and
that the common law would will provide

for the raultiplicky .of pritfti^ wiio migl^*

prefuinc

. CF KiNQ. CHARLES t J95

]{j) prefume to come upoii her aqcouHt. The

ng 27th of Mai-ch, being Sunday i j525. King

ji James died. All that whole year a moft

^ furious plague afili^ed the city of Lon*

i; don, there dying above fifty tl^otxfaod

ij; people. Amongft thofe, whofe misfqr*

jH tune it wias to abide in the city, .during

'J that peftilent contagion, myfelf was one,

|j and therein beheld God's great mercy

^ unto me, being nothing at any time

^ vifited, though my converfation was daily

1 with the infeded. And I do well re-

member this accident, that going in July
1625, about half an hour after fix in the
morning, to St. Antholine's Church, I
met only three perfons in the way, and
no more, from my houfe over againft
Strand-bridge, till I came there ; fo few
people were then alive, and the Jdreets
ib unfrequented.

In June 1625, Mary, daughter of
Henry the Fourth, King of France, came
over, and was married to the King the
fame mdnth. Several conftru6tions were
made upon this marriage with France,
and many difputations in private were
had, whether flie or the Infanta might
l^ave been better for this nation. How-
ever the Parliament, in regard of the
ficknefs, was tranflated to Oxford, Au-
^uft I, 1625, and the 12th of the fame
diflolved. There are two main reafons
O given

given for its difrdlutibft : one was, 1)*-
cauft the puke of Buekitfgham his own
favouHte* Ihould . not be queftiohed con-
cerning IGng James's death ; and the
Jecond Was, his Majefty made fcvcral
. propofitibils unto the people, which thty
would Hot confent umo. That King
James was really and abfblutelv poifoned
by a plaifter, applied by BucKingham's
mother uhto King James's ftomach, was
evidently proved before a Committee.
But whether Buckingham himfelf, or the
late King, was guilty either in the know-
ledge of , or application of the pkifter,
I could never learn. Many feared the
. King did know of it, and they gave this
reafoh; becaufe, when the Parliament did
order to (jueftion Buckingham for it, and
had prepared their Charge or articles, to
prefent againft him in the Houfe of
Lords, and to accufe ^him thereof, his
Majefty, contrary to all expe6hitidn, and
as an affront of both Houfes, and in the
Upper Houle, when the articles carAe
up, gave Buckingham his hand to fcrfs,
carried him away with him, &c. Tits
aftion loft him the prefent Parliament's
affeftiohs. Even the moft fober of Ms
friends held him tery much overfeen to
deny a Parliament juftice in any toattfer
whatfoeverj but; in matter ot po4£^,
and the party poifonfed being Us fathiir,

. bF KiiiG, CtlARLES I. 195

m Ihat to prohibit a due courfe, dr a legal
proceeding againfk the party fulpe^ed, it
Was to deny jufticft with a refraftory
hand. But at that time he was lufty
ahd yoiih^ and in his inifantiy of coa-^
yenine Parliaments, thought to make him^
felf mre ever afbr# or t6 xnafter the
Ck>mmoHS of England. There is no pen,
hoW able i^ever^ can take off the blemiUi
that will ever hang on him, for falling
out with his Paifiament, becauffe they
nueftioiled, how and by wliat means his
father c^me to his death.

The fccond of February 1625, he was
crowned at Weftminfier. William Laud
altered the old toronatibn oath, and fram--
sd another new. Ahd in M^irch follow-
itig wis a Parliament again fummoned#
ind therein Montague 4uefticmed foi* Pq-
pi(h and Arminian tenets ; and Buckings
dam w^s again alfo put to it by the Com-«
rnons. In time of this Parljameint he feflt
For tte Bifhops, ind Warned their back-*
Arardnefs, for that they did not inform
lim, how he might promote the caufe
rf th« church. • Indeed, he did wdl
^ow what fawning. Jacks moik of them
yertu and how eafily he might with hopes
>f profit win thwi to his fide : they made
ip aigood part qf the Houfe of Lords in
^tuDber« Here ag^m^^he Houies of Par«
iavieet wer« trmnbied with Buckingham
.t* O a . an4

' 196 On the Life and Death

and Briftol, who was the wifer man of
the two, but had leaft friends. Thefc
framed bills, and accufed each other of
treafon. At that time moft men pitied
Briftol, and thought him ill rewarded for

' all his fervice in Spain ; for it was con-
ceived he afted not but according to

' commiffion. In this Parliament he com-
mitted Sjr Dudley Diggs, and Sir John
Elliot, Members of the Houfe of Com-
mons, becaufe they moft rigoroufly had
managed an accufation againft Bucking-
ham : An high affront it was to the Paf-
liamfcnt, and a great .breach of privilege
to commit a Member 'of that Houfe,
without the Houfe s confent : that matter
was much refented and very ill taken • By
thofe and other his high mifcarriages unto
both Houfes, they began tomiftruft him;
many gave fad conjectures of his aftions,
and thought that in the end he would
either have c^ lofe all. June 15, 1626,
he diflblves the Parliament, only becaufe
they ihotlld not profccute Buckingham.
An argument of found affeftion unto his
favouiite, to hazard the love of millions
only, for him ; but a deep imprudence ami
high overfight, to flight a whole iiati<m
for love only of one man, and he but of
yefterday ; or a new creature, of buthis fa-
ther's ftampittg, and his own continuing.

It was in Auguft this year, that Tillf
•overthrew his uncld ^the King of Den-
mark

OF^ King CHARLES l. igf.

mark in a pitcht field: How the King .
' carried the bufinefs with his uncle» or .
" what treafure he promifed to fupply him
^ with, and did not perform, L know not.
' Sure I am, the oW King, after this fight,
' could never endure our King, but would .
^ fwcar, he endeavoured what in him lay to
I make him lofc his kingdom. This I had

' from the mouth of Dr. M. who heard the
' King of Denmark (peak what I write.

In j4nm iSzy, he fet forth men and,
fliips to the Ifle of Rhc in France, under,
the conduft of Buckingham, We loft our ,
beft men in that fcurvy defign, who were.
no better than butchered by the French^ .
through the indiicretion of fome that had
principal command thereiUjA-But give,
me leave, before I proceed farmer, to re-,
late what I had from the mouth of an.
eminent Colonel, employed in that fuc-
cefslefs expedition, and one of the Coun-
cil of War, and a fworn enemy to the
Duke, Buckingham I well know was-
extremely blamed; about the Ipfe of our,
men, the day of their retreat unto the
Ihips. The matter was thus carried:
The night before the retreat, the Duke"
called a Council pf War, and tiiere (hewed
them the neceflity of their retreat the
next day, and that him|elf in martiai
difcipline being wholly unexperienced; he
^ft the managing of the ne^tt day's a^ion
c^. ^ O 3 • ta

198 Ok the Life and Deatic

tp the ordering of the Cquncil of War,
oflfering the fervice of his own perfon unta
, ^ny hazard whatever as far as any private
foldier. Tht Council committed the ma.!!- -
nagemcnt of their retreit, by a free con-r
fcnt, unto old Sif William Courtney, a
heavy dull covetous old man, who hav-
ing been twenty or thirty years a private
Captain in Holland* was, by Sir Jqhn
Burrows's means, made Colqnel in tikat.
es^pedition, And Burrows being now
4ea4> and Courtney the oldeft Colonel, it
was referred unto him how with fafety
to brin^ off our men. But he, either
x^ through yffnnt of judgn^ent, or forgetful-
ifti^ having nqt fufficidntly provided for
iecurlfp»«^g9'>^r rear^ our nien were moft
unfortunately mmy of th^m cut in pdcces :
and had not Sir Pierce Crolby with eight
hundred Jrilh made good the retreat, ail
pur men had been loft. Courtney h^m-r
felf fell into a falt-pan i^ the defeat, and
was faved by means of his man Anthony's
crying, ^ 6 fyvt my Ci^tain :* but die
booy fellow loft l^s own life, and iav?d
|iis mafter*s.

A bullet by chance, during their ftay
In that ifland, was ftipt %t th? faid Court-
ney; and he having a pi^e of gold of
twenty one fhillings pri^e m his fqb, t^e
bullet light there, bent thS gold, and fp
jie was preferved; Court^cy> at his fe^

OF KiHQ CHARLES I, 199

turn, fhew^d me the ^qU, md to}4 me
the ftory. The Kiog hearing pf qui
lofs at the Ifle of Rhe, and landing q(
the Puke, inftead gf heing angry at th^
Ipfs} of fo many gallant m^, OJC calling
him to account, tent to comfort tl^e Duke,
defiring that he Ihould «ot be troubled at
the IdHs, for the chan<:e of war wa%
icafual.

And now we are fpeaking of Rodidle,
let me acquaint the world, that hia Ma-^
jefty was the fple caufe of its Jlofuxg^ fof
he lent the Kinf of France eight or ten
of his own navy* by whifrh me*ns the
Rochfillers ihip« w«j|e funk and dsftroyed,
who before were ev^r able to relieve them-
felves with their :own ihijp»^ agaioit ^
oppofition the Kii^ of Franct ^oujq
make. And that it njay appear, he vvjl*
iingly lent th^ (hips unto the French,
and was not foroeq ujito it by Buck-
ingham, as many have affirmea, J WiU
relate this gaifage, perjiaps not vulg^ly
known. Sir John Penninjjton, beioj
Vice- Admiral, had comnaiflion to carry
eight or more royal fliips into Francs.
When he arrived . there, the French ac^
quai^ited Wm tjie ihips were to J^i-ye the
■Frend^ Ki^g againft the RocheU^rj, and
if tHajt he the faid Sir joh» would fervis
in that' employment, he ,fbpi;ld be ho-
^urablj rewftfdfd. But this gilUnt mafi

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200 Ok the Life and Death

being truly Englifh, fcomed the proffer,
^nd utterly refiifed the employment, and
ere he would refign the mips unto the
French, came privately himfelf unto the
King, and informed the King of the
French intentions againft Rochelle. But
the King faid only thus much : * Pen-
^ nington, go and deliver your fhips, and
* leave them in France:' and thenrgave
him. a particular or private warrant un-
der his own hand for his difcharge, &c.
He had much ado to get his fhips again
from the French, and then was enforced
to fend Sir John Pennington dijiongft
the French, who feifed above a hundred
French (hips, and kept them until ours were
delivered. One thing is obiervable, that
we had only, two failors affifted againft
Rochelle in our fhips, and no more.
This I relate in honoiir of the feamen.

The deftruftion of Rochelle is wholly
laid upon our King's fcore, as well and
juftty It may be, to nis eternal difhonour
find blewifh; forbad he not furnifhed
the French with fhips, Rochelle could not
have been taken as it was. And verily I
believe, the fad groans and miferie? of thofe
poor Proteftants poured out unto^ Al-
"migh^ God in their height of calamities
''agalnfr our King, were extreme inflru-
mental in haftening^down ihe aitger of
• God agafaifl" the ' hte. King. - Howtiver,
- -* t "^ this

bf KiUo CHARLES I. aoi

this aftion of his loft him the love of
the Proteftant Princes in all parts of the
world, and his own fubjefts could after
that aftion never well brook him, bat
daily were alienated in their affection
from him, fuppofing him either not wdl
grounded in the Proteftant Faith, ordjfe.
a meer ftate-juggler and no other. I know^
feme have accuied Buckingham to be in-
flrumental about the lending thoie fliips:'
'tis poflible he was. However, in March
1627, a Parliament wasfummoned again^
Buckingham articled againil:, and in jfiue
prorogued until Oftober; after inMaid&>
diflblved, becaufe William Laud was ic-
monftrated againft by the Commons, hSa
ruin laboured. There were alio articles
exhibited againfl: Buckingham in the Psu>
liament, but the latter of the. two, ^vitj
Buckingham was ftabbed the 23d of
Auguft 1628^ he being ready to goimto
fea for relief of Rochelle, then beikgcd.
Many complained of the King in this hia
various aftion about Rochelle, xiz. in£rft
aiding the French to deftroy the Rochet*
lers (hips, then to take part with them
againft the King of Fraace j but to ho
purpojfe; Some therefore compared him
to a bkck witchj whom they fay can be-
witch and hurt cattle, but hath no ab.lity
to cure them again; It was an adt of
great inconftancy, smd tnucb diHnDnoat
^ * to

2o» On the tirjB aki> I>eatii

to htmTelf and whole nation, tKoi:^ the
nation had no baad in it. .>A^Ma firft
the news was farought unto ^9 King of
Buddngham's death* he was at a, ftrmon*
or in a churdi, or at foivice. He did not
Teem fluich troubled at the new$, but
(faijred out the lermon with much pati-^
enoe, only gave Maxwdl Mefent direc-
tions to feize the Duke's cakuiet, where-
in his letters and nriyate inftru^ons were.
Al} Ttuok genera%, except a few court
parafites, w«re glad <^ Buckingham's
death : yet npdung was bettered in the
ooutt or commonwealth after his death;
which moved many to affirm, tiiat all the
mi%ov«Rimwts in the realm proceeded
not from Budungham's ill advice, but
m(A from the conrupt and dq>raved na-
ture of the King's own hafte. Sith I
am upon the death of Buckingham, I
ihall relate a true ftory of his being ad*
ntoniOied often pf the manner of lus death
he fhould die, is this manner.

An aged gentleman, one Parker, as I
Mmemher, having iktrmvcly belot^pd un«
to' die. Duke, ^r of great acqu^tance
with the Duk^'a father, and now retiredi
had a daemon appeared ^eral timas unto
htm, in the ih«^«r image of $ir George
Villiecs tfae'Duke'8 Fftlher. This d^smoo
walked many tunes in Parker's bed i^am-*

OP Kmo CHAItLES t 20^?

hiirt, ' or fpeoeh ; but ^t i*ft on© night
|>roke out intp th^fe wprds : ^ Mr. Parker,
^ I knbw you loved me formerly, and my
^ fon Geprge at this time very well: I
^ would have you go from me, you kno^v
^ me very wdl to be his father, old Sir
^ George Vittiers of I^^ic^fterfliire, an4
' from me acqu^nt hiin widi th^k and
^ thefe particulars^ &c. and that he abovd
f all refr^ the coun&l. and company of
^ fuch and fuch/ whom he then nominated^
^ or elfc he will con)e tp deftruction» an4:
^ that ftidderily/ Paricer did partly^
though » very difcreet mwi, imagine hq
himfelf was in a dream all this timef
land being miwilling tp proved npon nq^
better grounds, forbare ^dreiHn^ himfelf
to the Duke ; for he conceived, if he fhoul^
acquaint the DuHe with the words of hij^
father, and the manner, of his appear-^
?tnce unto him, (fuch apparitions being
not ufual) that be fhould be laughed at,
^d thought to dote, being he was aged.
Soi^e fevjT nights paiTfed without furSier.
|jx>uble tp the old man. But not verf
many nights after, old Sii- George VilUefs^
appeared again, walked quick gnd furi««
puily in the rqom, feenied an^ry witll
]Mr. Parker, and at laft laid, f Mr. Parker*;
f I thought you had been my friend fci
f much, a^ loved my fon George (o
.*W?^ ft^* yw^ W9wl4 to^ ilpquainttd

204 Ovi THE Life and Death

* him with what I dcfired, but yet I'

* know that you have not done it. By
^ all the friendfliip that ever was betwixt'
' you and mc, and the great relpcft you

* bear my fon, if delirc you to deliver what
' I formerly commanded you unto my

* fon.* The old man, feeing himfclf thus'
iblicited in this manner, promifed the dae-
mon he would; but firft: argued it thus:
That the Duke was not eafy to be fpokc
withal, and that he would account him
a vain man to come with fuch a mcffagc
from the dead ; nor did he conceive the
Duke would give any credit unto him.
Whereunto the daemon thus anfwcred;

* If he will not believe you have this dif-

* courfe from me, tell him of flich a

* fecret,* and named it, « which he knows

* none m the world ever knew but my-

* felf and he/ Mr. Parker being now
well fatisfied, that he was not afleep, or
that the apparition was a vain delufion,
took a fit opportunity therefore, and feri-
6ufly icquamted the Duke with his fa-
ther's words, and the manner of his ap-
parition. The Duke heartily laughed at
the relation, which put old Parker to a
ftand: but at laft he aflumed courage,
and told the Duke, that he acqu^nted
his father's ghoft with what he now found
to be true, viz. fcom and derifion : * But
^ my Lprdj' faith- he> ^ your faUier hid
i . * * roc

OP IC1N6 CHARLES I. J105

*' '* me acquaint you by this token, and he
} '^ faid it was fuch as none in the world
6 * but your two felvcs did yet know/
» Hereat the Duke was amazed and much
k aftonifhed ; but took no warning or no-
il tice thereof, keeping the fame company
I ftill, advifing with fuch counfellors, and
t- perfonning fuch aftions, as his father J^
(; Parker countermanded. Shortly after,
\ old Sir George Villiers, in a very quiet
I but forrowful pofture^ appears again un-
I to Mr. Parker ; and faid, * Mr. Parker, I

* know you delivered my words unto

- * George my fon ; I thank you for fo

* doing : but he flighted them ; and mw

* I only requeft this more at your hands,

* that 6nce again you repair unto my fon,

* and tell him, if he will not amend, and

* follow the counfel I have given him,
*' this knife or dagger,' and with that he
pulled a knife or dagger from under

• his gown, * ftiall end him ; and do you

* Mr. Parker fet your houfe in order, fw

* you ftiall die at fuch a time.' Mr. Par-

- ker once more engaged, though very im-
. willingly, to acquaint the Duke witl;i
< this laft meifage, and fh did; but the

Duke defired him to trouble him no fur-
' ther ^ith fbch merges and dreams; told
him, he perceived he was now an old
man, and doted. And within a mon^
after meeting Mi. Pstrker on Lambeth*

Bridge,

•«o6 .Om tMe.Lifb Afi3 V>i^ArU

Biidge, ^ Now, Mr. Parker, what fay yoti
*cif your dream?' Who only returned,

• Sir^ I wifli it may never* have fuccefo,'
&c« But Within fix weeks after, he was

vftabfaed with a knife, aecording to Hs
father's admonition before-handi and Mr^
Parker died ibon dfter he had feen the
dream or vifion performed.

The 29th of May, 1630, bfting Satur-
day, near unto one in the afternoon, the
pre&nt King of Scotland was bom. Thef
next day the King came to Pauls-Croft,
to give God thanks for the birth oi hb
fon^ where wtire prefetited unto him thefes

Rex ubi Paulinias acceflit gratus 7iA a^,

Immicuit medio. lucida (leUai polo.
I>tc divina miht tra<Stans aentgiivata coeli,

Hs^ oriels nct^is, quid filH &dh velit ?
Mst^us in occLduo princq>s modo ziaTcitttr orbei^

Moxquc fub eclipfi regna orkntis enint.

About May, 1633, he went inter Sttot-*.
land, and was crovriwd there tii« 1 8th of
June, in 7° «, > in 7*. r. In Jirfy
he had a dangerous pai&ge.frocn Brtot-
llland, and hardly efcapcd droarning-
SoiAe of his houftiold^ftuff. or |>kttf wits
loft: ^ -

In'1634, he was infinitely trog^dikd witH
jRiffion in his court, whidi mqchffifpknf^
cd hira; but by little, and iittjb he.pttt
all •ffimgs in order -again, Thca sihh^

• .-• levied

©# RiNd CttARLES't 1^7

tevi^ a geneftil great mx \ipon die whole
kingdom, vulgarly ctfied Ship-money,
becaufe it Was prectnded it was for
maintenance (^ tht Aavy : fltid tnily nititfh
of it waa that'w^ expended, and tite
failori vrell -psud ik^ vfag^ j which ou
cafioned fot tw^ jfiears together % good
fleet <^ royal fliips lo be fet forth, miidi
for the honour of the nation.

This ih^money w«ls genemlly miM-
-ed, being a mere innov«:i<m, ^kl a cleanly
trick to poll tSie fabje^ls^ and cheat them
into on smnud pigment. Myfelf was
then a colleAor for it in the place t lived
in. I remember my piopertion was twen-
ty two (hillings, and no more. If We
c«»mpare the time$ then, aaMi the pnfant
in winch I now live, you ftoll fee great
itifibrence evm in sktWxktati, iht neceT-
fity x^ maintaiiung oar -armies reqmnrtg
it : for now my annual {xqrments to tile
ibl^ery are veiy <iear or fflMe than twenty
' pounds, my eftate hieing no way greater
than formerly. Againft this (hip-moaey
many ^aMm men oppoftd^ and at UA in
l^liament it Was voted 4own.

Ih Jtt!y 1677* vki^ 23d day, there
was great difturbance in Edinbargh, about
a iMw Service-Bo^ endeavoured to he
obtruded on the Scots by the King) and
Canterbury. I huve Jbtsi^d, an old wd-
man begun ^ quarrel by cafta^ her

ftool

^«q|B Ok rmlAvt AND Death

iftool at the pricft^ when he read the
Service-Book. Many very moddS: divines
exceedingly blame both the King and
Caatcibufy for. that book; it adniitted
unto the pe<^e» as I remember, the
Communion but in one kind. However,
by the prudence of ibme grave loen, be*
ing. then Privy-Counfellors in Scotland,
matters were iluW)ered over all that win-
ter i» Scotland ; but iji May, or April,
new tumults arofe, and truly I may almoft
iay, that that coirupt Common-Prayer-
Book was th? fble and whc^e occafion o(
all. the miferies and wars that fmcethat
time have happened in bc^ nations.
Had his Majefty firft endeavoured tke
impoiition c^ th^t lame bop)& upon t!^e
EBglifti, moft men did bdiove we had
Avjdlowcd it, lajid then the^ Scots muft
have done it afterwards j for theckiig]r
It that time ,g$)pwrally ; wefe fuch idle
and lazy lubbers, and fo pampered witK
: court preferment, and places temporal in
every fhire of England, and fuch flat-
^tering fycophants, that doubtkis the
great hand of God was in x% that tho^e
:i3ide Scots firft broke the i?e, and taught
10S the way to expel an infulting prieft-
hood, and to. r^fift the King ; he ^lydc^"
vouring by unwarrantable oiieans toiij-
tmde ^ings contrary to the 4ivine law 91
Almighty God upon our confciences.

OF King CHARLES I. 2og

lA AnAo 1638, the Queen-mother of
France, and mother unto the Englilh
Queen, widow of Henry the fourth.
King of France, landed in England, and
came unto London the 31ft of Odiober.
She was very meanly accompanied, and
few of quality attfemiing her. The King
mdft humanely and generoufly receives and
entertains her, though all men were ex-
tremely againft it; for it was obferved,
that wherever, or unto what country
this miferable old Queen came, there fol-
lowed immediately after her either the
plague, war, famine, or one misfortune
or other. Strange it is unto me, how ihe
co^lld be fo fatal to any land Ihe entred
into. True it is, and I do very well
know, that fome people born under an
unfortunate conftellation of heaven (with-
out this, that they live above nature, and
live wholly in the fpirit) are fo extreme
unfuccefsful in every thing they under-
take, that let them ufe the greateft in-
duftry they can to be rich, all will not
amount to obtain a poor living, though
they are aflifted not only with a good
ilock of money to begin their profcflipn
with, but have alfo many very profitable
and affifting friends, and means for their
better encouragement and furtherance.
It is very poflibIe,^that fuch like ill for-
tune from her infancy might attend this
P old

lib On the Life a»d Death

old Queen, as to he thought an unlucky
prefage of what mifchief prefently fol-
lowed her in thofe countries (he refided
in.

In November, proclatnation was made
to difjolve the great affembly in Scotland,
but to little purpofe;; for the Scots have
this privilege belonging unto them,- that
where, and when they pleafe, to obey no
edift$ or commands ot their Kings, ex-
cept thofe edi^s fancy their own humours.
This proclamation was laughed at, and
flight^ by the Scots, who made it appear
they were in good earncft, and began to
raife an army for their own defence, by
no m^ans enduring the half Popiftl Com-
mon- Prayer^Book. This raifing of ah
rarmyby the Scots, in oppofitioin of the
Common-Prayer- Book, made <mv pre-
lates prick up their ears, juid the lazy
bifhops moft of all, who convened, and
raifed amongft their own Levitical Tribe
-great fums of money towards the maija-
tenance of an army againft the Scots,
whom they now hated worfe than Turks.
Several particular. men are fummoned to
appear at court, are enforced to lend vaft
fums of money towards, the maintenance
,o£ an army. 1 have heard foitte ^cm,
the King had in his co&rs at that time
above fix hundred thoufand poimds.; Np

^re»t

^ OF KiN<j CHARLES!. an

^^ grfe^t lilm for fd provident a prince, and
* fuch large inconaes as he had, N
^ In or about the ijth q( :March 1639,

the King let forward towiards Scotland*
^^ His army followed immediitefy ^ the Earl
^ of Arundel being made general, a man
s^ of great nobility, courage, and refblu-
,' tion, and one whofe anceftors had been
<f generals feveral times againft the Scots
i' with excellent fuccefs. Th*re attended
t the King in this expedition moft of the
/ nobility of this' nation, but with great
> Unwillingnefs ; for the Englifh and Scots
having now lived like bremren, or na-*
tivcs, or people of one nation^ one a-»-
mongft another for almoft forty years,
and having intermarried one with ano-
ther, both the nobility or gentry, and
others, they thought it a very ftrange
thing, and not lawful or convenient, that
this nation Ihould now take. up arms,
and engage againft the Scots, only to
fatisfy the infiatiable luft of a few domi*
neering priefts, and half popifh bilhops >
as alfo of an obftinate King, wholly led
by the nofe by thefe fnaffling Priefts*
The conimon foldier was nothing well
pleafed, and marched moft unwillingly
upon this fervice. At laft both armies,
for many days, accofted each other ; yet
I never heard' of fo much as one loiriif
killed by either army> the Scots being

p 7, ^ ^^^y

tiz On THfi LiFfi And Death

very tender of provoking the Englifh, and
they as willing to give no offence unto
the Scots* In June of that year a peace
was concluded betwixt both nations, the
Englifh nobility much defiring and fur-
thering it. ^

The King himfelf was moft greedy
above all men of this union with the
Scots, as will appear by this enfuing
ftory. That day which was affigned for
certain of the Englifh nobility and Scot-
ifh to treat about thofe articles of agree-
ment or pacification the Scotifh nobility
were to produce ; the nobles of each na-
tion being fet, the Earl of Arundel be-
gan with much gravity to rebuke the
Scots for their unadvifednefs and rebel-
lion in raifmg their army againfl their
lawful King, and difturbing the peace of
both nations ; and yet he commended
the good nature of the King, who was^
notwithftanding their high provocations
and mifdemeanors, veiy inclinable to hear
their juft grievances, and to that purpofe
had appointed himfelf, being General of
the Englifh army, and foipe other feleft
nobles of his council, to meet them that
day, to treat with them,, and to hear
their grievances, and what they could fay
for themfelves. This gallant man was
proceeding further in his fpeech, and ag-
gravating, the Scots offences, when, lo,
• , z unex-

OF King CHARLES L 213

unexpeflredly his Majeftjr entered the
room, called for the articles the Scots
idefired to be ratified, or confented untp,
read theiil fcarce over, but took pen and
ink immediately, and figned them, with-
out ever advifing with any of his coun-
cil y which fo difpleafed the nobility of
the Englifh nation, that the vfery next
'day after fignirig the Scots articles, they
all hafted home to their own habitations ;
the King ftaying behind, and for his
daily exercife, played at a fcurvy game
called pigeon-holes, or nine-pins. His
fellow gamefters alfo were equal to the
g^me, viz. lackeys, pages, and fuch
others, ejufdem generis. He again no
fooner came to London, but ^s I remem-
ber, caufed thofe articles to be burned by
the common hangman; making himfelf
as ridiculous in doing th? one, as he was
rpputed weak and fimple of judgment in
doing the other- But at that time moft
imputed the burning of the Scots article,
unto the advices given him, and importu-
nity of the proud clergy and bilhops, who
hpmoured him irj every jtching 4efire of
his, even to his ruin,

^ There happened many memorable ac-
cidents in this year 1639; as firft, five
eclipfes of the fun and moon; three of
ihe fun, two of the mooui nt^n? wa?
P 3 vifible

«i4 Ok XH« Life AND Pp;a,th

vifibk in otir horizon, bu^ the eclipfe of
the fun, which here begai^ with u^ at
JLondon the 22d of May, being W^dnef^
day, at 3 hours and 52 miiiutes after
noon; its middle was at 4 hours jyid 5^
minutes, and its end at 46 minutes af,
" ter 5. The digits eclipfed were 8. 51 mi-
nutes, 41 feconds ; the whole time qf its
continuance was i hour, and 54 mi-
nutes of time: The fcheme of heaven
follows.

EcUpfeofiteSUN
^2. P.M.

<^oi,o

Hi^ Majefty.was in the field agwnft
ihe Scots at the very time of the eclipfe j
and fomi that were there with him faidj

' •-.■,- ;■■ * They

OF King CHARLES f/ 215

^ They felt not a more fharp cole! day in

* all their lives than that was, the feafon

* of the year, and height of the fun con-

* fidered. Ill meddle little with the^ P^og*
noftick part of this^clipfe : yet* I might
tell you,- that Mercury, at the time of
the beginning of the bclipfe, r^prefented
the clergy, and He. was retrograde near to
conjun6tion with Mar^ : one. ill omen unto
the elergy. At the middle of the edipfe.
the mdon was their fignificator, and Ihe
combuft and near ifhe dragon's-tail, which
fignified much calamity unto the priefts.
This eclipfe fign'ffied unto ,the King mucii
treachery and damage by his friends the
Scots ; the degree j^clipfed was in the opr
ppfite degree, almoft, of the fun in his
radix. As this eclipfe (hewed his troubles,
or their beginnings fb the moon^s eclipfe
in 8' / in 1648', ended his ^ffli^ions'^

&c:

The effects of this eclipfe had jpaofl: in-
fluence upon the King of Spaih, it falling
isven in the very degree of the feventh
houfe I fo that np*n the j ith 6r 12th or
Oftobef 1639, upon our En^lifh coarf,
and tinder pur nol^s, ajmoft i^ our haf:-
JDour, the Hollander burnt ^ncj funk a
great nfivy of his, with many raiferablc
ibuls in the navy, which ^^ere to b^ land^
ed iii Flanders. 1 know fome have not
ftuck 'to 2^^vm, fhat the eight thoufand
P 4 meo^

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men, tranfported in the Spanifli navy,
were intended to have been landed here in
affiftancc of his Majefty: but it was a
meer untruth ; for who could have hin-
dered their landing iri Kent, it* his Ma-r
jefty had commanded it ? Sure I am, th^
Spaniard took it ill ^t his Majefty's hand,
that he fyffered them to perifti (o near
bur harbour. They alfo took exception,
that hxs Majefty having promifed them
ammunitiqn and powder, which it feems
they wanted, it came not at the pljtce foy
them, either by neglect or treachery of
our officers^ until they were worfted. The
truth of the ftory of thefe eight thou-,
fand Spaniards in the navy, was thus,
There was a part of that country where
the Walloons inhabit, under the domir
jiion pf the King of Spain, in the Ne-
therlands, which was taken notice to be
very difafFefted unto him : now upoi^
landing thefe amongft the Walloons, {o
mmy of that people were to have been
tranfported into Spain, &c. When his
Majefty firft heard of the Spanifh and
Dutch fleet, and their near approach, hp
faid to one ftanding by him, ' I would I
• were well rid of both nayies/ To fpeak
the truth of him, either as he was virtuous
or vicious, is not to wrong him ; but in
evjery trivial mifcarrjage to make him th?

OF Kino CHARLES I. 217

author of it, I hold it barbarous, and not
the part of an honeft moral man.

In this memorable year, the Scots, by
aft amongft themfelves, thruft out all
biihops ; who after came fh^dcing hither,
and \iBd by Canterbury's mtans large and
plentiful exhibitions for their mainte<»
nance. His Majefty took the expulfion
of the bifhops fo ill, as that he refolved
to check the faucinefs of the Scots, his
dear countrymen, and caufed their trade
with us to be prohibited, and their fhips
to be feifed ; which fo enraged the Scotiih
nation, that they were again in 1640 in
armst The King fummons a Parliament
in April about the Scots, which Parlia-
ment would not give a farthing unta
him towards maintenance of his intended
army againft the Scots ; therefore in May
he diffolves the Parliament ; which gave
great difcontent all over the nation, and
great encouragement unto the Scots i
whereupon their army was fuddenly rea-
dy, and their prefumption fuch, as with-
out invitation, they, the iTtluof Auguft
J 640, entred England. The King pre-
pares an army of Englifli to refift tihiem :
but fuch was the general inclination even
of the common foldiers, and fo great an
odium or hatred was caft upon Wil)iam
Laud, Archbilhop of Canterbury, that
jiQthing would ferve the common foUiers-

but

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but ia Parliament ; not a man of the

Eriglifli would fight againft the Scots,

wfiia were now crept into the ftrong town

of;NjBwcaftle: our foldierswere mutinous,

the officers generally difafFfefted to the

fcrvicc : in fome countries the new raiied

ioldiers ilew their officers,^ and would not

go. All thefe commotions moved the

King'little to defiit from the war, beings

coiltuiually furthered by. the bifhops and

cfcrgy, who in their convocation gave a

large benevoknce . towards the mainte-

niance.of thofe wars, and commanded

their' tribes in tbeir feveral pulpits to in-

vei^, and cry akicid againft liie profane

Scots, and to perfuade the people to aflift

as willingly as againft Infidels or Turks.

HiisMajefty again commanded thetK>bili-^

ty.IK) attend him m tiiis Northern " exp<j-

ditton, who leifiirdy, and rather, rnifea*

fcnahly or unwillingly, than otherways,

atttended him at Yfork, ^

■ All men knew this war was pi^mioted

by the clergy, whom the nobility began

to difdain and fcorn, and the gentry and

yeomanry of England extreamly to hate^

tor at this prefent time the high com-

miffian-court, :and other bawdy: courts,

did moft horrible injuftice againft tha

perfons and eftatos of any gentleman,;

who by misforiEuae came thither^ Thctt

w<i8 alfc one Wr^rsxix bifhop of Nerwidi^

bom

OF KiNc CHAHLES i: aig

bom in tondofe, a fellow whofe fa&er
fold babies and fuch pedlary ware in
Cheapfide. This fellow vciry peremptorily
one day, as he fat in Judicature in ;the
High Commiffion-Court, faid opeidy;
f He hoped to Uve to fee the time, whm
f a Mafter of Arts, or a minifter, ihould
^ be as good a man as any Jack gentle;*
f man in England.' And verily the pride
pf this fa«cy citizen's ion, hath been one
main caufe of the ruin of. the ciergy^
Concerning this Wrenn* I know Canteri
bury preferred him, and brought him tQ
thole EcJclefiaftical advancements in court
jmd church>^5vhich he enjoyed. I doalfo
Jmow, and hate heard it from ibme .whci .
waited 6n Canterbury in his chamber,
that he would oft fay,' that the raih ac-t
tiom and unwarrantable proceedings of
this Wrenn would undo the. clergy; but
in regard he had been the fole means of
his advancement, he couW not well do
^ny aft prejudicial ag^inft him, but it
would redound to the diflionour of him--
felf, and the. clergy in goieral: aifo he
had many rieluflancies in himfelf, for
preferring fa unworth;^ ^ fcomful fellow^
who proved the fcandal and fcom of
churchmen, and an extraordinary plague
to the whole naticaiw Fpr upon, his
plaguing and punifhing many godly
clothiers in the coimtne^ of l^orfblk and

^Hffolk,

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Suffolk, they were forced to leave their
native country, and betake themfelves and
families into the United Provinces, where
theyiave taught the Dutch the art and
manfafture of cloathing, even to the ut-
ter impoverifhment of this whole nation^
&c. and yet this wretched Wrenn lives,

&C. '

: ; As I remember, near upon, or in tliis
year; 1 639, or 1640, the citizens of Lon-
don were miferably abufed by a beggarly
Knight, one Sir Phillips of Ireland, who
exhibited his bill agamft them, for cer«
tahi mifdemeanors pretended to be com*
mitted by fome of their fub-officers in
fafeland, about the pjarts of London-Derry.
True it is, the citizens of London very
gaUantly, about the con>ing in of King
James, or not long after, fent colonies of
thcar own in great numbers, and at their
own extreme great charges, to fettle a
civil plantation in the North of Ireland.
They had a lai^ patent from King James,
and many privileges granted unto them
for their fo doing and planting. Above
thirty years they had quietly poilefied their
pwn lands there^ had built many beauti^
ful market-towns, one or more city or
cities, many churches in the territories
affigned them. But near thefe years of
1639, or 1640, this Sir Phillips demg^^d^
ins fome unreafanable things of the citi-
zens.

OF Kino CHARLES L Ml

fcens, and being denied them, he in ma-^
lice exhibits his bill for mlfdcnicanors of
their officers, againft the* Londoners in
the Star-chamber; broughtthe caufe unto
a hearing ; the court of Star-chamber fined
the Londoners deeply, adjudged their plan-
tations forfeited to the King, who as ea*
gerly and greedily fwallowed them for his
own. This very aft in or near this exi-
gence of time, fo imbittered the fpirits of
the citizens, that although th^y were
Angularly invited for loan of monies, and
had as great plenty in their pofieffions as
ever, yet would not contribute any af-
jiftance or money againft the Scots, or
advance of his Majefty in this his Scotifli
expedition. And though I do not atr
trioute thefe cafualties and lofles of thip
cities, to be derived or caufed from the
eclipfe of 1639, although the eclipfe was
in Gemini, which fign is the aicendan^
of London: yet certainly, that Eclipfe
did in a natural way threaten or portend
much damage unto them, and did mani*
fell the cafualties, but was not the caufe.

. There was at laft a ceffation of arms
by confent of both parties, Scots and
Englilh. Some petty fcuifling there waj
to no purpofe. The King, when he faw
no other means could be thought on for
to ferve his turn, and that the common
foldier unanimouily ref ufcd engaging witk

the

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the Scots, by the conftant arid earadl
defire of the Englifh nobility, which at-
tended him, he with much unwillingnefs
at length was content to give fummons
for another Parliament to be convened
the third day of November 1640. But
you muft underftand in the mean while,
when Ae King faw he could no ways
engage the Englifh againft the Scots, he
had fent unto Ireland for the then pre-
fent Lord Deputy, the Earl of Strafford,
formerly Sir Thomas Wentworth, a York-
ftiire gentleman by birth, and one who
had formerly been a great ftickler againft
him, until, poifoned with court-prefer-
ment, he turned Royalift, and fo was
made Lord Deputy of Ireland ; a man of
the rareft parts and deepeft judgment of
any Englifhman living; I fay, he fent
for this Strafford to confult with hi*
about compofmg thefe emergent differ-
ences. StrdFord advifes with Canterbury*,
^11 to little purpofe; for the Bifhbp was
a very afs in any thing but church-mat-
ters; the hand* of providence now going
along with the Parliament and common-
wealth, who became mailers of all pub-
lick fpirited people, the King daily de-
clining. In April 1641, the Parliament
accuie Strafford for feveral mifdemeanar^^
treafons, tyrannies, &c. againft the com*-
inohwealtlC during liis government ift

Ireland.

OF King CHARLES L 223

Ireland* The Parliament follow it fb
luftilyi that notwithftanding Strafford
fpolde and defended himfelf as well ^
any mortal man in the world could do,
yet he wis found guilty, had his fentence
to die, and did die* Thomas Earl ctf
Arundel being Lord High Steward, the
King figned the warrant for his death,
either ty hiinfelf or Commiffioners. Thas
died Strafford, the wifeft politician this
liatiodiev%r bred.

All men accufe the King for his falfc-
nefs and cowardice unto this man, who
being fatisfied in his own confcieace, that
Strafford was not guilty of tieafon or
death, but only of mifdemeanots, ydt
figned a warrant, either under his: cmk
haiidi or by commiffioners. Some there
are who do fay, with the fame pen, and
at the fame time, he figned the warrant
ag^nft Sisrafford, and alfo the AO: ibr a
triennial or perpetual Parliament, whick
ftiouyL-not be diffohred without con&nt
of bottli Hbiifes. Many affirm, the QUeen
procured him to dd both thefc things::
others impute it to Hamilton. It mat-
ters not who did it, or perfiiaded him, it
was his ruin, &c.

The matter is not great, Who invited

the Scots ihta. Engbsxid : £:>ftie thought

Pim, Hambden, :and feveral other gen^

tfcmcnf.wiere .inftrualemal^ It is 'wry' lite

' , ^ it

2Z4 On the Life and DEAtft

it was true, and that the King kncfir
as much, but could not remedy it. The
Parliament however in policy and judg-
ment gave the Scots a round fum of
money for their lofles, and ordered 'them
to depart this kingdom, which they did ;
fo that in Auguft 1641, tlie King went
into Scotland purpofely to pacify and com-
pofe the prefent threatening differences
there.

In the fame month of Auguft 1641, I
beheld the old Queen-Mother of France
departing from London, in company of
Thomas Earl of ArundcL A fad ipec^
tacle of mortahty it was, and produced
tears from mine eyes, and many other
beholders, to fee an aged, lean, decrepid,
poor Queen, ready for her graven ilecef*-
fitated to depart hence, having no place
of refidence in this world left her, but
where the courtefy of her hard fortune
affigned it. She had been the only ftatgly
and magnificent woman of Europe ^ wife
to the greateft King ever lived in France,
jnother unto one King and unto two
Queens. The King cared not much for
the Earl of Arundel, being he was of
a fevere and grave nature, could not en-
dure court-novelties or flatterers, was
.potent in. allies, &c. But there was one
thing or caufe mainly above the reft, and
that was, becaufe the Earl of Arundel
:. being

OF King CHARLES V 225

teing Lord High Steward and Ju^ge in
Strafford's trial, gave his voice ^at he
was guilty, of treafon^ &c:* The Earl
alfo had but a few years before given the
King a touch of his own great heart, and
the King's unthankfulnefs unto him and
hisi family. The cafe was thus : A prieft
pretends the King had a right in a
reftoty : the Earl challenged for hkf and
had procured Canterbury for his friend
and fecond. The matter had many de-
bates : for Arundel was no fool> but flood
ftoutly for his right. Canterbury was. as
violent for the prieft^ and had procured
the King to take cognizange, or hear the
matter* The King upon fome flight
evidence maintained it was his, viz. be-
longed to the Crown. The Earl feeing
the obfiinatenefs of the King,- and his
fiding with a petty prieft againft him, and
his proper right, out of the greatnefs of
his heart, faid, * Sir, this rectory was
« an appendant, unto fuch or fuch a
' manor of mine, until my grandfather,

♦ unfortunately, loft both his life and
/ feventeen Lordfhips more, for the love
/he bore to your grandmother/ This
was a finart Ipeech, and home to pur-j
jjofe :. it fo . alionifhed the King, that he
replied pretty mildly, * My Lord, I would

* not. have you . to think that fo poor a
-* thing, as this re6tory or thing in queftion
Hj : ' ' Ct, • fliall

t^t €?N THE LiPfe AND t)EATH

^ fhall ftaiid in competition betwixt inf

* refpifl unto you arid ydur family, which
' I kribW- to be deferving/ &c. . After
that time flie Eari little liked th^ King's
a6lions, and therefore took this opportune
bccafion of going away with the Quccn-
tnother : and when cile faid unto him,
his Majefty would riiifs hiin ; ' It is an
' ill dog,' faid the £arl, * that is not ^orth

* whiftling ; and though he is a Kingi he
^ will find Arundel's afFe6t:iGn unto him

* would not have been incohfiderable/
&c. Some few years fince, this Earl died
at Paduay being the laft man of the
EngKfh nation, that maintained the gra-
vity and port of the ancient nobility/ 3
great lover of antiquities, aftd of the
Englifh nation. He brought over the
new way* of building tvith brick in the
city, greatly to the fafcty of the city, and
prefervation of the Wood of this nation.
He was a grer.t patron of decayed gentry;
iand being Lord High Marfhal of Eng;
land,- carried too Andi an hand againffi
the yeomanry and commonalty ; for which
he was nothing beloved, but rather hated
of them. However, the gently and no-
bility owe much unto his mempry.

In Oftober 1641, the Irifh unanimooffy
rebel and maflacre the poor Englifh, ^ho
were hot able to relieve themfelVes, ^
matters at prefent were handled^ v^ntmg

able

OF KiNo CHARLES L zty

able governors to cfireft them. AAd the
very truth is, the way which at firft was
taken to fupprcfs the rebellion, did only
fupport it : for confidence being ^ven to
fome of the Irifh nobility, and many of
them furniihcd with arm^, they furnifli
their own kindred, being native Irifli;
who were no fooner poflefled of arms,
but they became errant traitors to the
Efiglifti. A gr^at queftion will here arife,
whether the murder of the Englifli was
by confent or commifSon from the King
unto the Irifti? Many have affirmed in
words and in print publickly, that he
ftiould be guilty of fuch a yillanous aft i
which! cannot believe, in regard I could ;
never have any aflured relation, what thofe
commiffions were the Irifh boaftcd of,
they being only the affirmations . of the
Gatholick Irilh, purpofely to win others
unto their party, and feducing many bjr
faying, they a6ted by the King's commif-
fions. Had this been true, it had been
more than equal unto his aflifting for
deflru6lion of Rochelle ; but 1 may hope
better things, both as he w^as a Pro-
teftant, a Chriftian, and a King. Yet
methink there is little fatisfaction given
unto this in his late pretended book.
Two main things arc objedled ^ainfl: the
King, which that book meddles not with,
or anfwers.' Firft, why his Majefty was

0^2 fo

228 On the Life And Death

fo tender-hearted of the Iriih, as not to
fufFer above forty proclamations to ifliie
out agaihfl: thofe rebels in Ireland, and
thofe alfo to no purpofc, or unoppor-
tunely, when too late. Befides> to ihew
his reipeft unto them, I know he obli-
terated with his own hands the word
Irifh rebels, and put in Iriih fubjefts, in
a manufcript difcourfe, writ by Sir Ed-
ward Walker, and prefented unto him^
which I have feen ci the Irifti rebellion^
&c. Secondly, whereas the Parliament
were fending over cloaths, and other ne-
ceflaries, for the Engliih foldiers in Ire-
land, the King feized them as they weatr
armed and fumifhed the Englifh and Welfh
againft the Parliament. The reafons of*
thefe are omitted by the pcnner of his Por-
traiture.

In November 1641, the Parlian^nt
ftill fitting, the King comes for London,,
is entertained by them in the greateft ftate
might be, and met on the way by fome
hundreds in gold chains ; and nothing i^
now cried but ' Hofanna, welcome home j;
* your Majefty is welcome.' The Quecft
perceiving a breach was likely to be be--
twixt the King and Parliament, thought
politickly to engage, the city for him. He
gives the citizens good words, tells them,
he win give tliera their lands in IrelancE
again, a promife he was never ?tble to

perform.

. OF King CHARLES I: 229

perform, &c. As I remember at their
requcft, he alfo kept his Ghriftmas at
Whitehall, intending otherways to have
kept it at Hampton-Court, and alfo knight-
ed fomc of the Aldermen. At his return
from Scotland, he affirmed in s fpcech
he made unto both Houfes, hqw he had
left that kingdom in as quiet and good
condition as could be expiefted. The
devil was in the crags of the Scots, if he
left them not contented, who gave them
whatever they required, and figned what-
ever they defu^d or demanded, confirmed
as much as their large confciences could
require.

But now in J^uary 1641, began a
fea 9f misfortunes to fall upon us, and
overwhelm our long-continued happinefs,
by difagreement of the King and the two
Houfes of Parliament, and partly by the
daily coming to the Parliament Houfe of
many hundred citizens, fometimes in very
rude manner. True it is, the King dif-
liked thefe too frequent addreffes unto
both Houfes in fo tumultuous and un-
warrantable a manner : whereupon, fear-
ing the worft (as himfelf pretended) he
had a court of guard before Whitehall of
the trained- bands. He had alfa many
diffolute gentlemen, and fome vwy civil,
that kept within Whitehall, with their
fwprds by their fides, to be ready upon
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230 On the Life and Death

any fudden occafion. Verily, mens Fcare
now began to be great, and it was by
many percdved, the King began to fwefl
with anger againft the proceedings of
Parliament, and to intend a war againft
them: fome fpeeches dropped from him
to that purpofe. It hapjpcned one day,
as fome of the ruder lort of citizens
came by Whitehall, one bufy citizen muft
needs cry, * No Bifhops :' fome of the
gentlemen iffued out of Whitehall, either
to correffc the faucinefs of the fool in
words, if they would fcrve, elfe it feems
with blows: what pafied on either fide
in words, none but themfelves kncwj
the citifcen being more tongue than fol-
•dier, was wounded, and I have heard,
-died of his wounds received at that time.
It hath been affirmed by very many, that in
or near unto that place where tins feHow
"was hujtt and wounded, the late KING'S
headiwas cut off, the SCAFFOLD
■jftanding juft over that place.

Thofe people or citizens who ufed thns
to flock unto Weftminfter, were moft of
them men of mean or a middle qudity
themfelves ; no Aldermen, Merchants, of
Common-Council Men, but fet on by
Ibme of better quality; and yet moft 01
them were either fuch as had publick
fpirits, or lived a more religious life th^
the vulgar, and were ufually called Po^^

OF^ Kino CHARLES I. 231

tans, and had fufFered under the tyranny
of the Bifhops : in the general they were
very honeft men, and well meaning.
Some particular fools, or others, per-
haps now and then got in amongft them,
greatly to the difadvantage of /the more
fober. They were modcft in their appa-
rel, hut not in language : they had the
hair of their headi, very few of them,
Jonger than their ears : whereupon it
came to pafs, that thofe who ufually with
their cries attended at Weftminfter, .were,
by a nick name, called Roundheads. The
courtiers again wearing Icmg hair and
locks, and always fwoided, at laft wece
called by thefe msn Cavaliers : and (b aftar
that this broken language haid been oifedta
while, all that adhered to \^e:ParlkiiM]|t
were termed Roundheads; all that took
part or ^ppearedior hfs Maj^y *Cavaliw6 ;
few of the vulgar knowing: the'fenfe -of
the word Cavalier. ' However, the pre-
fent hatred of tl^e citizens wer:e ^qh un-
to gentlemen^ ^fpeciajly courtiers, that
ffw durft cpme into the city^ or if thciy
did, they were fupe to receive iitfrontfe^
snd be abufed. i:-' ' » * ^' ' '

To fpeak foeely. ajid ingeni^ouflyi what
I then obferved of the citjf tumults, w^s
this. Firft, the fuffbings;<>f thte^6iti?ens
who jafere any thing we|i- dented, had,
dur^g 4II lhis;;Kingis wign, -l^&ft fuch,.
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«32 Qn the Life and Death

and fo great, being harrowed or abufed
continually, either with the High Com-
mifiion Court, or the Star Chamber, that
as men in whpfe breafts the fpirit of liber-
ty had ibme place, they were even glad
to vent out their fighs iand lufFerings in
this rather tufmultuous th^n civil man^
ncr J being ^flured, if >ever this Parlia-
ment had been diflblved, they muft have
been racked, whipped, and ftripped by
the Ihotty clergy, and oth?r extravagant
courfe^j* And for any amendment which
they nught expeft from the King, they
too well knew his temper : that though
in a timr of Parliament he often pro-
mifed tQ redrefs any grievances, yet the
bcft friend he hath, cannot produce any
one aft of good for his fubjeds done
by him in the vacancy of a Parliament,
Tfee lofers ufually have kave to fpeak,
and jfb.had the citizens.

All this Chriftmas 1641, there was no-
thing but private whifperiugs in Court,
and fecret councils held by the Queen^
and her party, with whom the King fat
. jn council very late many nights. What
was the particular refult of thofe clan-
4eftin^ co^ifviltations, it will preffntly ap-
pear.

January 4, 1641. By what finifter
cotmdil ledi I know not, but the King
jn p^rfon weaf: ^ntq the tl^en LpWer

Houfc

OF King CHARLES I, ^33

Houfe o^ Parliament, where the Com-
mons fat, and for fome things he had
been informed of, demanded five of their
principal members, viz. Pimm, HoUis,
H^zlerigg, Hambden, and Stroud. In
that book called his Portraiture, he af-
firms, he went to the Houfe of Com-
mons to demand juftice upon thofe five
members ; and faith, ^ He thought he
* had difcovered fome unlawful corre*
^ fpondencies and engagements they had
^ made to embroil his kingdoms/ Ht
confeffeth he miffed but little of pro-p
curing fome writings, &c. to make his
thoughts good. So here is no evidence
againft thefe members, but his owr^
thoughts, as himielf confefleth. But
affuredly, had he demanded juftice of the
Houfe of Commons againft them, and
proved his charge, he might have had
It ; bvft for himfelf tb att^h their bodies,
and be Judge alfo (as he intended) was
a matter moft unequal. And fiifely,
had it jbeen in his power to have gojt
their bodies, he would have ferved thefe
members as he did Elliot, whom with-
out caufe he committed to the tower,
and never would either releafe him, or
fliew caufe of his commitrtierit, till death.
All that time he had a guard with him
5it the doors of the Houfe of Parliament/
•{ponfifting of many gentleiiiei^ with hal-

^^4- P^ "r"? Life and Deaibh

berts and fwor(J§, Truly, I did not hear
jthere was any indvility offwed by thofe
gentlemen then attending unto any memr
ber of the Houfe, his Majefty having given
jthem ftrift conjm^ids to the cpntrary ,
This rafti aftion of the King's loJft lum
his Crown: for as he was the firft of
Kings that ever, or fo imprudently, brake
the privileges by his entrance into the
Houfe of Commons affembled m Parlia-.
ment; fo by that unparalleled demand
pf his, he utterly loft himf?lf» and left
fcarce any poffibility of reconcilement > he
jiqt willing to trpft them^ iK^r they jiim^
jwho had fo ipften failed jthem. It \vap
p>y'^ fortune that very day to, dine jiji
Whitehall, and in thaf room >v^here thp
Jipjbprts, newly brpught from the tower^
(were lodged,, for ^fe of fuch as Mtende^
jthfi King to the Houfe of Commons,
Sir P/eter Wich, ere we h^4 fully dined,
;Caqie into the room I was in, and brake
pfpp. the c^iefts vvherein the arms werCj,
iwhich frighted us all that were there.
IJoY^over, one qf our company got oi^t
i>f doors, ^nd prefently infornjed fome
^H^^^^VeFs, th?t the King was preparing
-^J;9 come vinto rth§.JIoufei e^lfe I believe
all tho^ fnembeFs, or fon^e of th§fp, l^ajl
fbffln tal^en in tlie Houfe. .. All that I
^^ould do farther was prefently to hfi
!gP4e, .^qt it hftfpened .ajfp th? fenje

day.

OF King CHARLES I. ^35

clay, that feme of my neighbours were
at the court of guard ^t Whitehall, unto
whom I related the Kiug's prefent defign,
and conjured them to <kfend the Parlia-
ment and members thereof, in whofe
well or ill doing confided our happinefs
or misfortune : they promifed affiftance if
need were, and I believe would hav^
ftoutly flood to it for defence of the Par-
liament, or members thereof. The King
ioft his reputation exceedingly by this
his improvident and unadviied demand:
yet notwithftanding this his failing, ib
wilful and obftinatc he was in purfu-
ance of that prepofteroias courfe he in-
tended, and fo defirous to compafs the
bodies of thele five aiembers, that the
(next day he pofted and trotted into the
city to demand the members there. He
convened a meeting at Guirtdhali. 'Hie
Common Council aiTemble^: bvrt mum
<:ould he get there, for theword Londoiv-
Derry was then frefli m every mati*^
mouth.

But whei^as the author of the Kmgis
Portraiture complains, ' That the info-

* lency of the tumults was fuch, that his

* Majefly's perfon was in danger in the
^ ftreets/ This is a very ^untruth: for
notwithftanding his Ma^jefty din<^ m the
,city that day he required tlie five mem-
4)ers of the Citizens, yet he I^ fK>.in<-

jcivility

23^ On the Lifx and Death

civility in the leaft meafure offered unto
his perfon; only many cried out as he
pafT^ the ftreets, * Sir^ let us have our
• jiift liberties, we 4derire no more/ Uii*
to which he feveral times anfvvered, * They
' ihould,' &c.

An honeft citizen, as I remember,
threw into his coach a new fermon, the
text whereof was, as I now remember,
^ To thy tents, O Ifrael/ Indeed the citi-
zens (unto their cverlafting honour be it
Ipoken) did with much refolution pro-
teft the five members : and many thou-
fands were willing to facrifice their lives,
for defence of the Parliament^ and the
feveral members thereof.

The tenth of January approached and
came ; upon which day the five demanded
^members were brought into the Houfe of
Commons with as much triumph as
jQouH be^ exprefled.. feveral companies of
tr^n^d b4nd» marching to the Parliament
tp ^flift if neod were. There were upon
the River Thames I know not how many
har^es fqll of f^tjiors, havii^ fome guns
re^d^ chargedi if occafion were: and
thefe. alfp came in multitudes to ferve
ihp JRarliamoiit,,. A word dropped out of
the King's mouth a little before^, which
loft r^iiji the Ipve of the feamen. Some
being in conference with his Majefty,
^cqyajnt^d hipij. that hg was loft in the
;::...•, ^e6lion

OP King CHARLES L 237:

afifedlion of the feamen, for they intended
to petition the houfe, &c* * I wonder/-
quoth the King, * how I have loft the
* afFe^lion of tiiofe water-rats/ A word
fure that flipped out of his mouth un-
advifedly ; for all men muft and do know,
that the fhips of England, and our va-.
liant failors, are the very ftrength of Eng-^
land.

His Majefty finding nothing thrived
on his fide, and feeing the abundant af-
feflion of the commonalty in general for
the Parliament, the aforefaid tenth of
January 1 64 1 , went unto Hamptons-Court,
and never after could by entreaty, or
otherwife, be drawn to come unto his Par-^
liament, though they in moft humble wife,
and by many and feveral addrefles, ex-^
eeedingly defired it. One misfortune fol-^
lows another: for the a 5th of February,
1 64 1, the Queen went into Holland, and
afterwards the King into Yorfhire. There
was. at this time a fuf5cient magazine
of arms in Hull, being the remainder
of thofe employed againft the Scots. The
Parliament fent down a member of their
own, one Sir John Hotham, to take care
of them ; who undertook, . and alfo did
maintain the town, and preferve the arms
therein for the Parliament* Although his
Majefty, in April 1642, came unto th?
walls of the town to require them, yef

jpouid

«38 Ok tftE LitE AMD t)EAta

<?ould fid rtdther ^rdcure ilrmi, or admif-
tartc€ into the town.

The E*rl of Warwick, exceedingly be-
loved of thfe feamcn, fecured the navy;
fo th^t iri few days the! Parliament had
ftore of arAis for land foldiers, and plenty
of ftout fhips for their fea occafions. His
Majefty ift the mean time being deftitute
both of the afFeftions of his people, and
ihearis to fopply an army, which it was
perceived he mtended Ihortly to raife, re-
turned from viewing Hull Unto York.
The Parliament having perfeft intelli-
gence, and being affured he ivould iraifc
art arrhy againft them, begafl to con-
fider of their prefent condition; whcxtr
to make their General; how to raife
men and money for theif own, and
commonwealth's, defence. But one would
have blcffed himfelf to fee wliat running
and trotting away here was both oC Lord*
and Commons uftto his Majefty. I ^^
fiflure you a very thin houfe wa« left:
of Lords who remained, Effex the peo-
ple's darling was chief; a , nioft noW^
foul, and generally well efteemed : he in
this exigency was by both houfes non^^"
ngfted and voted the Parliament's Gene-
ral/ I do herein admire at the wonder-
ful providence of Almighty God, who
put it into the |>eoples hearts to iriake
this man General, this very Earl> tbij
: . , ^ good

OF King CHARLES L 2^^

good man, who had fuffered beyond be*
«lief, by the partial judgment of King
James ; who to fatisfy' the letchery of a
luftftil Scot, took away Effex's Wife (being
a lewd womaai) for one Carr, alias Sower-*
fet ; fhe pretending Eflfei was Frtj^idus iii
Coitby and old Jemttiy believing it.

Had Eflex refufdd t6 bfe GenerSl, cmt

taufe ih all likelihdod had funk in the

beginning, we havihg never a T^Sble-

man at that time, eithdr willing or ca^

pable of that honour ahd prefernient i

indeed, fcarce any of thehi wef-e fit to* h€

traded. So that God riifed vip Eiki

to be a 'fcourge for hife fon^ whofc fitiie#

had fo unjuftly abfaftd him. And fof

the Countefs, fhe hdd dbuhdahcJe df for^

row ere (he died, and felt the divine htod

of heaven againft her; fot ftte wis tiri-t

tapablc ©f coition at le^ a dozen years

fere fhe died, havirig an iifapedimfeni ill

that very tnember fhe had fb much de-»

lighted in and abufed: and this I had

from the mouth of one who faw htt

when bo welled. For Somerfet himfelf^

he died a poor riian, contemptible ahd

defpifed of every man; and yet I rievef'

heard any ill of that Seotchraah, except

in this alone bufinefs concerning the Earl

of EfTex, and his wife. In this fummer

the citizens lifted themfelves j^lentifully

for

04^ On TfiE Life and Deatk?

for foldiers. Horfe and arms were provided^
and the Lord knows how many trea-
cherous knaves had command- in this firil
expedition in the Parliament army : fo that
if God himfelf had not been on our iide,
we muft of neceffity have perifhed.

The youth of the City of London
made up the major part of EiTex's in-
fantry. His horfes were good, but the
riders unfkilful ; for they were taken up
as they came and lifted, or offered them-
felves unto the fervice. The truth is,
the Parliament were at that time glad to
fee any mens willingnefs and forwardneis
unto their fervice; therefore they pro-
mifcd largely, and made fome plcafing
votes;, fo that the plate and monies of
the citizens came tumbling into Guilds
hall upon the publick fidth.

His Majefty in the interim, and at
diat time, was necefEtated for money
and arms extreamly, having no magazine
to command, but thofe of the northern
counties ; yea, into what other county
foever he came (and he traverfed many)
he was fo courteous^ as he made fhift to
feize their arms, and caiTy them along
for his ufe, pretending for the fefety of
the people, and his perfon.

The King bad lain moft part at York,
or rambled into fome other counties near
adjacent until Auguft, and done little to

any

OP King CHARLES L> 241

any purpofe ; for the feveral couiudes were
generally nothing, inclinable to nis pur-,
pofe : in mbft whereof, and in every
county he came in, he rather received
petty affronts than liipport: yti at lalt
he came to Nottingham, and there fct
up his STANDARD (with a ^ull refo-
lution ^or war) the 2 ad' of Augult, 1642,
under this conftellation, having ibme few
horie with him; but in great expefta-^
tiori of^ more aid from the Welch, fee*
Ivhom he thought moil doted oil monarchy <

-dardiirftfiiJup p^ i
dHKMmP.M

^he iieralds, or at leaft tWe who tlieii
Were with the King, were ignorant how,

1^ tad

t^i On Ttt« Life ajid DEAT'ir

and in what manner to fct up the Stan-

<!burd Royal : they therefore hiing it out

in one of the turrets, or upper rooms

of Nottingham Caftle, within the Caftlc

Wall. ICine Richard the Third fet ujp

his Standam there, &c. His Majefty di^

liked his Standard, was placed within the

caftle. He faid it was to be placed in an

open place, where all men that would

might freely come unto it, and not in a

pnfon: they therefore carried it, at his

command, without the caftle, towards or*

into the park there adjoining, into an

open place and eafy of- accefs. When

they came to fix it in the ground, they

perceived it was a meer rock ftone, fo

thftt thcv with daggers and knives made

a ^all hole for the Standard to be put

in; but all would not ferve; men were

inforced for the prefeht to fuppqrt it with

the ftrcngth of their arms and bodies;

which gave great occafion unto fome

gentlOTien there prefent, to give a very (ad

)iKigment on the King's fide, and to divine

long beforehand, that he would never do

any good by arms. I have alfo heard,

that in eight or ten days he had not thirty

attended the Standard, or lifted them-

felves.

All the remainder of his life after this
Augiift 22, 1642, was a meer laHyriiith
of lorrow, a continued and daily xiiisfor-^

* 2 tune.

OP King CHARLES I. 243

tuiie, unto which it feems providence ha4
ordained him from the very entrance of
his reign. His wars are wrote by feve-
ral learned hands, unto whom I refef the
reader. I fhall only repeat a few mord
things of him, and then Conclude. Fa-
vourites he had three; Buckingham ftabbed
to death; William Liud, and Thomas
£arl of Strafford, both beheaded. Bi-
fhops and Clergymen, ' whont he moft
favoured, and wholly advanced, and oc-
cafionally ruined, he lived to fee their*
bifhopricks fold, the Bifhops themfelves
fcomed, ind all the whole clergy of his
party and opinion quite undone^

The Englifh Noblemen he cared not
much for, but only to ferve his own turns
by them : yet fuch as had the unhappi-
nefs to adventure their lives and fortunes
for him* he. lived to fee them and their
families ruined, only for his fake. Pity
it is many of them had not ferved a more
fortunate mafter, and one more grateful.

The Scots, his Countreymen, on whom
he beftowed fo many favours, he lived to
fee them in arms againft himfelf ; to fell
him for more money than the Jews did
Chrift, and themfelves to be handfomely
routed^ and fold for knaves and flaves.
They made their beft market of him at all
times, changing -their affedtion with ^his'
iferttjne^

R a The

244 ^^ '^^^ Life and Death

The old Prince of Orange he almoft
beggared, and yet to no purpofe, the
Parliament one time or other getting all
arms ftnd ammunition which ever came
over unto him. It is confidently averred^
if the Icing had become abfolute here in
England, Orange had been King, &c.

The city of London, which he had ib
fore opprefled and flirted, he lived to fee
thoufands pf them in arms againft him ^
and they ro thrive, and himfelf confume
unto nothing. The Parliament, which
he fo abhorred, and formerly fcomed, he
lived to know was fuperior unto him;
and the fcorns and flights he had ufed
formerly to Elliot, and others, he faw
now returned upon himfelf in folio.

With Spain he had no perfect corre-
fpondency, fmce his being there ; lefs after
he fufFered their fleet to perifli in his
havens ; leafl: of all, after he received an
Ambaflador from Portugal ; the Spaniard
ever upbraiding him with falfhood, and
breach of promife. Indeed, the nativities
of both Kmgs were very conti-ary.

With France he had no good amity;
the Proteftants there abhorring his leger-
demain and treachery unto Rochelle ; the
Papifts as little lovmg or trailing him,
for fome hard meafure offered unto thoic
of their religion in England, He cun-

- ningly

J 6? King CHARLES I. 245

I ningly would labour to pleafe gill, but in
L efFe£t gave fatisfa6tion to nonje,
ijj Defimark could not endure him ; feat

y. him Jittle or no alTiftancei if any at all':
^ befides, the old King fufgefted another
L jnatter; and rnade a query in his drink.
L ' Thfe Swede extremely complained of him
L for nonperformance of fom,e fecret con-
tract betwixt .them, arjd uttered high
i word? againft him. . . •-

j The Proteftant PRINCES VGefm

1 loathed his very' ham9, &c, . , ;

The Portugal King and Jie had little to
dp; yet in one^of.his own letters to thp
^ CJueen, though'Ke acknowledges .the Por^
tugal's cdurtefy unto him, yet ftiith, that hfe
would give hlm.an anfwer unto fitting of
concernment that fhould fignify hgttiing.^

• The Hollanders Wing only courteous
for their pwi} ends, and as far a^ his 'money
wpuld* extend, furnifhed hini v^tV^rms at
fuch rates as a'Turk might have had them
elfewhere : but they neither love^f tir cared
for him in his proijperity, * or pitied him in
his adverfity^ whiph occafioned thefe words
to drop from, him, * If he eye can^c tp liis

* throne; he would mak? Hans Butter- box
^ J?now, he Ihould pay vy^ell for Kis fifhnig;
' and fatisfy fpr old knaveries,* &c.

In conclufion. He was gen€;fally un^
fortunate in the world, in' the eflt(;em both

R3 of

.246 On the Life and Death

pf friends and enemies : his friends ex-
claim on his breach of faith j his enemies
would fay, he could never be faft enough
bound. He was more lanxented as he wae
.a King, than for anyaffeftion had unto
his perfon as a man, .

He had {everal opportunities qfFbred
him for his ref^oring. Firft, by feveral
^reatiep, all ending in fmoke, by his own
perverfcnefs. By feveral opportunities
,?U34 victories which he ^profccuted not.
Firft, when Briftol w^is, cowardly fur-
^cndeffdby Fines : had he then come un-
to JyQndpn, all had been his ownj but
loitering to no purpofe jit; Glouceftcr, >?
was prefeptly after well banged by Efler*. .

When in the weft, viz.: Cornwall, he
worfted Eflex : had hci then immediately
hafted to London, his army had b«en
xyitbout doubt maftprs of that city; for
^anchefter was nqne of his enemy at
that tiip?, though he w^s General of the
fiflpciated counties.

Or 1^ he, ere the Scots came into
England, commanded Newcaftle to havQ
inarched, fouth ward for Lpndon, he could
not have niifled obtaining the city, and
then the work had been ended.

Or when in 164 c, he had taken Lei-
cefter, if then he Had fpeedily marched
^for Lqndpn, I know not who pould have ,
rcfifted him : but his f arnp was fo over-
charged

fharged with; ^liinder mii IrKh whores,

tberp was no flaarching,

. Amongft mmy of Sis misfortunes^ this

J fclate waSf not the kaii; n^* whcft

the Parliament l«ft tjme were to fori

h^ip propofitions xintQ the Ifle of Wight,

h? had advi«e, &c. that the only way,

aadthat tli?fe;w:a« iw ©thcar. means rA-

jpa^'^fting upoij fitrth to i mak^ hirafctf

happy, and fettle a ftrm peace betwixt

himfelf and Parli^n^nt, aad to brhig him

OHt; of thr^dftoii^ but by receiving our

Caoaiaiilioners civilly; to ftgh whatever

|)rG^oiitioii9 $hey. brought ; and above all,

to niake ha^ ^ JU<mdon, and to do all

things Ipeedily : he was williog, aad hs

promifed fairly, to perform thus mucb.*

Our CommifIi<Hie{¥ were vkoc fcmer coma,

but one of thi^in, an (^ iiibtil.fox, had

jBvery night ppivat». and^ long conference

with him s to whom, when, his Majefty

}xad communicated his intentions pf figii-

ing the proportions, he uttwly diflikei^

the defign, and toid Wm plainly, ^ He

^ fhould coaie *ini» hi^ Pariiament liipoh

/ eaiier terms f ^ i99^ h^ aflKxtod him, the

/ Houfe of t-Qfite were wholly his, and

* at his devjotien.' This cdd man kn«w

that wdl e{iough| himielf bang one of

them : and in the Hoqfe of Commons he

had fuch a ^ong part^, that the prc^K)-*

iitians ihovild be mitigatedy and warfq

R 4 more

24B On the Lifb and Death

more eafy and more fit fbr him to fign.
Upon this, the old Lord was to be Trta-
furer apud Gracas Calendas^ and a cow-
ardly Ion of his. Secretary of State. This
was the laft and greateft niisfortune ever
4)efei him, to be thus ruled and fooled If
that backfliding old Lo^, who was nevdr
fortunate dther to Parliament or cpm^
monwealth. But by this aftjon, and the
like, you may perceive hdw eafily he was
lever convertiHe unto the worfer advice.
In like nature, the fornler time of pro-
pofidons ferit unto hi«fif, yvrhen of Miiifeff
ht was^iinclinable to ^ve the Parliament
ifatiefa&icin; unto the^r ; ^ro^olitions, the
Scots Commiffioners prttrtidiftg what their
cold affeftionate cotirltl7''W^ do for
him: upofi this their diffembling, he had
£> littlo Wit, tas to flight the Englifh, an^
conficte in the Scots, though he wellktie^
they onlr' had' been the 'fole meaiis of
ruining hini and his pofttrity by th«r
juggling, ifdling, and betraying him.

Whilfl: he was in prtfoh at Carifbropk-
Caftle, horfes were laid at feveral ftages,
both iniSuflfek and Kent, purbofely to
have conjHsyed him to the Kentim forces,
and to have l»en in the head of them, and
with the revolted ihips, if he could have
efcaped ; and he was fo near fefcaping^, Aat
-his legs and body, even unto the breaft,
were out 4t the window: but whether
- ^ ' - fear

OF King CHARLES I. 249

fear funprifed him, or, as he faid himielf,
he couw not get his body out of the
window, being fuU-cheftal ; he tarried
behind, &c. and efcaped not. Many
iuclj misfortunes attended him; fo that
one may truly fay, he was Return infceli-^
ctffimus. Some amrm before his death fe-
Ycral prpdigies appeared. All I obferved
a long time before, was, that there ap-
peared almoft in every year after 1-664,
feveral parelia, or mock-funs ; fometimes
two, fometimes three. So alio mock-
inoons, br parafelenes, which were the

geateft prodigies I ever obferved or feared,
e was beheaded January 30, i648. The
figure of that monlent is as followeth.

l(l454K4.Min.
R M-

ExacfcTimeofd

KngSDeail

After

,^SP ^^ '^^^ Life and Dcath

After the execution, his body was car^
riqd to Windfor, and buried with Henry
ithe Vlllth, in the fame vault where his
"body was Ibdged, Some, who faw him
jsmbowelled, affirm, had he not con^
unto this untimely end, he might hav^
lived, according; unto nature, even unto
tlie height of old age.

Many have curiqufly enquire^ wjio it
was that cut off hjs head : I h^ve no per?
inifllon to fpeakVof fuch things i only
thus much I fay, he that did xt, 15 a^
valiant and relolute a man as Jives^ an<J
one of a competeiit fortune "t*

King Charles, being dead, m^ iQPy
Tooljfh citizens going a whqriiig after hi^
pi6lure or imag?, formerly fet up in the
Old^ Exchange j the Parliament m^de
b^W to take it down, and to engrave in
its plapc thefe words :

I JSat/V T^ymnnui Rcgxm ^Iti^^^iSy Anno Li*
bi^tatU An^liite vejiituta prmPy ^M Dam^
1648. Jan, 30.

For my part I do belicvp he was not

tlie woril, hut the napft ynfoftwate of
Kjngs-

.+ Sceabov<^in LiDy'sHiftory of his Life^d Thaes,
page ^31, >32. Vherc this ferret is ctifcovcred.

* §€ver^

-/ r^ { 251 3

iSeveral Eaglifli Prophecies, rekt-
« ing to the Life and Death cJf

Charles Stuart, late King of

Britain; .

WE ufually lay prophecies aq4 war
pies are beft un<krftQod> when
they are; performed; many having -com?
plained of the ambiguity of oracle;, ^^
thdr ambode^^trous interpretation^; as
jaai:iy ^1^ Ending fanlt with the ob^ieurer
|3tefs of jprophecies, imagining no mortal
jiic;n Cfu} -give the proper fenfe of Any
frfai;lf qr parophfqy, except enduwi'fe^
%^9^^ vi^i^thjt^e fame diyipe fpiri*s ^f ^Br9
gits^n .unto tjb;f firft authors, Were I to
^riedcue, jvitl) 4iyi^e ^i>ijophl5!cies, I cpoMi
j:ranrc^qd a^^ volume in (|i|^ourie of .thij
lubjeft I buf I have confined my prefent
endeavours in. the enfuing treatife, only
fo manifefl: junto the whole world, mA
this nation . principally, the certain and
unqueftionable events, of very many Eng^
Ufh prophecies, long fince delivered untd
vs, and ftill remaining amongft us, which
have {o clearly and njanifeftly declared
iJbje a6lions pf thefe prefent times wherein
we live, and with that lively portraiture,.
that it were the higheA of incredulties to

queftion

z^% On the Life and Death

queftion dieir abilities in the gift of prer-
phefying» or by unncceflary and ambigu-
Oku queries to make the world believe
th^^ can Ite any other interpretation
rendered of their iayings, than, fuch as
we have vifibly ' with our eyes beheld,
even in this veiy age and time we noiv
Kve in. And if any curious, impertinent
ihali-'be fo ftice a$ to queftion by what
diinne fury, or Heavenly raptui^ mfuie^
into them» either by dreams, vifions^ or
Miy other iio6tamal revelation, thefi
yeveretid perforis became fo wife, fo fore-
knowing t I muft firft' iiitreat fodh criticks
to ftc^aint rae how, and by what mean*
ehher the Sybils, or many others,, and
-rfpecia^y ^Balaim the Prophet, !eam^ fB
tpuh^ lb jwDphcfy either of-ChnXt, as the
mott leai'ned Ijelicve he did; ^or of the
kingdoin of t^e J«tvs, or of botli, in
Numb, xxiv: visri iy. * The/i fliall come a

• jrtar out of Jacob, and i fceptcr (hall

• arife, out of Ifrael/ I willingly confent:
with the jfeveril^xpofitipnsof the learneS
iipon thofe words ; yet do i think; it no
hcrdy, if I fay Balaam intended, by the
ftar there mentioned, Jefus Chrif^; andf
by the fcepter, that the people or natiort
ttf the Jews, Khould in future time be-
come. a great and mighty people, and have
l^ngs to rule over them as other nations
h^d at that prefcnt'i whereas the Jews were

only

! OP Kx^'o CHARLES h 253

i\ pnly governed by Mofes at that tiinc 5

i yet we know Balaam was not of the. pea*

i pie of the Jews J and yet in riic i6th

S verfe of that chapter he plainly .feith,

i ' He heard the words of God, and knew

i * the knowledge of the liioft High/ Wc

J muft acknowledge that he prophefied verv'

g truly; for the fcripture^ againft wliafe

ji evidence there is no appeal to be madc»

i confirms it. But if Balaam loved the

ways of unrighteoufnefe, and laboured

I with that continued infirmity of the

clergy and priefthood, viz. covetoftfiiefe,

let us lament and pity human kind, that

fo excellent a qian as he in many things,

fhould blemifh all his rare parts, with

tliofe filthy, but pleafing minerals, gpM

andfilver.

If God Almighty, in thofe times of fi>
grea^t darknefs or heathenifm, did not
leave fome kindomsdeftitute of prophetick
fpirits, though the true cauTes by which
they <iid prophefy, lie con<:ealed unto
poftcrity, or ar« manifefted unto very f«w
at preient living; Ihall we now thini^
that in the purcft times of Chriftianity,
God either bath been, or is Icfs merciful
than unto former ages he was ? or that h«
is not as able or willing to infufe into
fome Chriilians the fpirit of prophecy as
into fome heathens of old? How truly
did Homer deliver that prophecy of Mnfti9$

many

fe*54 ^^ '^^^ Life and DeA^^h
many hundred ycafS before it came td
' J>afs :

' At Domus Mnea cunSiis dominabttur Oris^
JE/ Natinatorumi Gf qui nafcentur ab illis^

A prophecy it was of the greatnefs of the
Roman empire ; which we all know was
fully verified* How true is alfo that of
Seneca :

Venient Amits

SeculafiriSf quibus Oceanut
Vincula rerum iaxet, &c.

Which was a prophecy of the difcovery of
the Weft- Indies and America, never known
to th6 ancients, and to us not above one
hundred aiid fifty years fince. But I
leave mentioning of heathen prophets^ &c.
What fhaJl we fay of that prophecy of
Henry the Vlth, King of iSngland, which
he delivered fo pofitively upon Henry tht
Vllth, then a boy, and noldiiig water
linto him : * This is the lad or boy/ faith
he, * that fhall enjoy the crown for which
* we ftrive/

' Or of David Upan or UnanthcAiy, whd
tnany years fince prophefied of the pulling
^own of Charing-CrofsVv His prophecy
was printed 1 5 j;8 i the wordsrare thefe : •
\ - v: To

er Kind CHARLES I. " iijf

To tdl the trtlth, many one >^<n41d wonaer,
i Charing^Crofs fliall be brdderi a&mdd: :

P. Shut areach, R. ftiall reach, S. flM (bdi

; ftiff. . , ..!.

R. Signifies Round-head. P, Pn(^
bytery. S. The Soldier, &c-

"' Charirig-Crdfs, we know, was pulled

^^ down 1647, in June, July, and Auguft,

* part of the ftones^ converted to pave

before White- HalL I have feen knivc-

hafts made of fome of the ftones, ^hich

being well poliflied, looked like marble.

But I leave furthfefr determination of
thefe things unto fome other pen, or
<lifcourfe, and come unto the prej^iyt in.t^
tended difcourfe itfelf, wheran I ihal|
make it very dearly to appear, thai^ ^23^
or moft of our ancient Englifh, Wekli<f
and Saxon prophecies, had relation ! tiQ{
Charles Stuart, late King of fcnglaiid^;
unto his reign, his aflions, life and deatl^j,
and unto the now prefent times wheffinr
'we live, and unto no other preceding
King or times whatfoever : which I pjfove
only by this undeniable argument, vi:z.
no King or Queen reigning in this nation
or kingdom did ever write or ftyle him
or herfelf. King or Queen of Britain,
tefora King James, who. being natiiraJlj'
King of Scotland, and fucceflively of Ei|g-^
laa4 and Wales, was the firft that ever

either

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. OF King CHARLES I. 25^

We never had yet any King whofe
mother's name was Anne; but King
Charles's mother was Anne, fifter to the
King of Denmark, late deceafed.

.The putting to death of the late King
was prophefied of above eighty years be-
fore it was done, by Noftradamus: the
book itfelf was printed about 1578, as I
remember in century the 9th: thefe are
. the words, , ^- ■ j^

Senat de Londre? mettront a mort leur
Roy, viz^ I »

The Senate or Parliament of LondoB,
ihall put to death their King.

, . .Thefe examples fliew, thftt chriitian$
;have had the fpirit of prophecy, and

foretold plainly many ages before, what

fhpuld fucceed.

The moll iignificant of all our Englifli
^prophecies, is that of Ambrofe Merhn,
^ which I have made choice of in the firft

place, repeating orderly a verfe of the

prophecy, and 5i§n how it wasfuliilled.

A Pro-

{ *5^ 3

A Prophecy of the White Kkg,
wrote by Ambroife Merlin, -nuK:
hundred years iince, concern-
ing CHARLES the late
KING.

•TTTHEN the Lion of

« W nefle is dead, then fliall arifea

« W^hite ^ni -in Brittaitle, -firft "fiy^g.

• and after riding, after Kg^ng -downe,

• and in this ligg down, he mall be lymcd,
!• and a^ter ^at Tie fliall ^ ^/

We have feen with our own ^cs, and
fliouiknds "befides, firft King Jiapfies, -who
-"reigned peaceably, and was •merefore cafled
jacobus -Paeijiau, is dead, viz. tiiat ft)flii^
himfelf Kingof Great-Britm, and red-
ing two and twenty years, died 1625, the
27th of 'March. Many afiirfned he had tic
ibi6hire of a lion oh his bredft or fi«fc»
hut it is probable he had 'fome eminent
natural ^mole -there, -which -might tsm
that error } becaufe in his nativity he had
both Saturn and Mars in Leone. In re*
gard of the great tranquillity and peace
we enjoyed in King James's time, and
the little or no blood fhed in his reign;
aifd in cpnfideration of the propagatioi^

^^of-^iifo CHARLES X 259

>nd free admittance of the gofpel aH over
4this kingdom, he was rightly liy the Pro^
>het ftyled, 'The I.ION of Rightful-
'•ileiflfe/ But If the Prophet had given
inm the name of Lion iii any other
fenfe, he had : notoiriouily failed; being
King James was the moft pufiUanimous
Prince of fpirit that etrer \ve read t)f, anH
the leaft addi<?te4 ijiftQ martial difcijpline*
1 But in }udgment eiither iij things divine
f or'hun^an (whilft fober or unbia^d) the
f moft acute and piercing of any Prince
' either before or fince. He was admo-
^ nifhed' o^ his death by a dream. He
dreamed that his matter JBughanaii ap-
pear^ unto him in his fleep> ' and ^gave
•him thefe tvyro verfes. I thought good
for thfe Parity thereqf to repeat them;

-Sex/e verere D^um^ fihi nik^e terntinus treaty
"Qutff tua candentijliakrat'^cariun^ igne.

The ^glifkl whereof is ;

Thou James the Vltl^ of that hame,
Kiiig of -Scqts, feaf God, the ^term of
thy life is near 6r yx: hand, when thy
carbuncle-ftoAe hu^ns in the hpt fife;

The King told his bed-chamber men,
find fome other Lords, of thefe veifes v^\t
li^tQrning, relating theiri really^ and averred

' ■ S g •• ' he .

z6o On TiiE Li?E and Dsath

he made not the verfcs, nor could his
mafter Buchanan ever almoft get him to
make a Latin vcrfe. The uiccefs was
thus : the King had a very large and fair
carbuncle ftone ufually fct in his hat;
and we have fecn him piftured many
times with fuch a carbuncle fixed to his
hat. But thus it Imppened: fitting by
the fire, not long after^ this great car-
buncle fell out of his hat, and into the
fire : a Scottifh Lord took it up, .and
obferved the King fickened, and alio died
very fhortljr after. ......

After .:King James, was dead, Charles
Stuart, his then only fon, was proclaimed
King o£ Great' Britaiii, by a ^en^ral con-
fent of the people, his title being: imquef^
tioriablc* The pccafipn of the Prophet's
calling him White King, was this : The
Kings of. England Jyiciently did v/ear the
day of their coronation purple ploaths,
being a colour only fit for Kings : both
Queen ^fUzaheth, vKirig James, and all
their anceftors did wear that colour the
day of their coronation, as any may per-
ceive by the records of the wardrobes.
Contrary unto this cuftom, and led unto
it by the indireft ajid fatal advice of Wil-
liam Laud, Archbiftiop of Canterbury,
he was perfuaded to apparel himfelf the
day of bis coronation m a white, gar*
ment.. Th^e were fome dehortc^ hin) trom

r wearing

OF Ki«G CHARLES I. 261

wearing the white apparel, but he obfti-
^ fiately refufed their counfel. Canterbury

» Would have it* as an apparel reprefenting

i the King*s inttticfeftcy, or I know not what

^ other fuperftitious device of his. And

i' of this there is no queftioa to be made,

; i itiyfelf, thougH Hot occularly feeing him

t that day, yet have had it related verbally

[if by above twenty, whofe eyes beheld it;

jt( ohe or two were workmen that carried

)» his Majefly's apparel that day j fo that I

\ challenge all the men upon earth livings

fc: to deny his wearing white apparel that

day of his coronation, &c. It is alfo
k reported, and I believe it to be true, that

i fuch was his hafte to have the crown

I upon his head, that he had not patience

I to wait the coming of the Archbifhop^

whofe office it was to do it, but impa-
tiently in great hafte,^ he placed the crown
upon his head with his own hands ; which
moved the Spanilh AmbafTador, who was
then prefent, to fay, • The King's putting

* the crown upon his head fo rafhly with

* his own hands, was an ill omen/

^ Firft flying/

■ King Charles fummons a Parliam^t,
November 1640: the troubles of Scot-
land arifing in 1 64 1, he left the Englifli
Parliament fitting, and went in perfon
'• S 2 himfelf

26l Oft T«E' LiFfi AND DbatI!

hitnfelf to ftttle the dtftbHted af&ifs 4
Scotland, HfS came home to L(»doi^
^bout Novcrhber, and waj. himfelf and
Queen royally entertained by the citizoisj
*vho cried tfen * Hofanna/ &c. But fee
how fuddenly many of the: fame dty cry
f Cfucify, crocify.' For lo^ in January
1 64 1, tiie citizens of London^ and other
rude people, in great numb{^rs flock dowfl
Unto the Parliament, and affront th?Kmg>
the Bilhops, and other temporal Lor^S:
)vhich rudeneft and faucihefs of their%
as himfelf pretended, moved him^ the loth
of Jaiiuary, 164^, firft to fly or remove
unto Hampton-Court, then to Windfon
then into Kent, from thence into York-
fliire; fo that all the remainder of his
life, until he furrendered hk, perfon to
the Scots, was running and flymg from
one place fo another. I iftuft ing^ntfoufly
jacknowledge, my eyes were witnefs of
very great rudenefs in the citizensi and
of as ^reat a defeft of civility and judg-
ment in fame courtiers, unto thofe ill-
bred citizens.

* And after riding/

The firft horfe his Majefty raifed, were
In Yorkihire, and thefe in or about Jutyi
Auguft, and Septembeti 1642, pretend-
ing they were for a guard for his perfon ^

from

f vOP KiNQ CHARLES I. . Z63

i) fr^Dffl which time^ tjjitU die very time he

li readered himfelf tp Ims countrvmcn the

it Scats^ which wa$ May, 1646, nehadan

is {irmy of horfe, and was frequently himn
oii , fclf amongft them : though it is not once

^: report^ himfelf ever charged, as he was

(bmetimes invitqd nntq it by tjie Lord
$ Charles Gerrard, a moft gallant man^
It who WQuld fay unto him many times.
Si ^CUARGE, sir/ &c. And indeed,
^ who would have \qQ: three kingdoms,
t without firft lofing fome blood in the
^ quarrel!

f * After ligging downe.'

1 From the tinjie of his own vohmtary
rendition unto the Scots, until his dhring
d^y, he was never in the head 01 z£i
.army, but did ligg down or lie ftill, and
w^ C9f ried up and down from one place
to another as a prifoner: yet had he
very great liberty until he difchargcrf him-
felf of his own word pr parol at I^nfiptQa-
Court, and immediajb^iy efcaped to the
Ifle of Wight,

^ hi this ligg down he (hall he lymed/

During the time of his imprifonment,

or from that time the Scots fold his perfon

unto us for two hundred thoufand pounds,

S 4 it

264 On the Life and Death

it may properly be faid, * In this ligg dowa
^ he (hall be lymed/ that is, he was at-
tempted and allured firft by one fide, then
another j or he was feveral times, and by
fcveral occafions, tempted or treated with-
al, (every one thinking themfelves fureft
who poffefled his perfon) fometimes by
the Scots, other times by the Ehglifli, as
well Parliament as army : but notwith-
ftanding all overtures, his perfon wa« ItiB
fafe looked unto, &c.

'And after that he fhall be ledi'

After that propofitions had been pre-
fented unto him at Hampton-Court, and
laft of all at the IQ6 of Wight, he re-
fufing to fign them, or give fuch fatis-
faftion as was required; from that time,
viz. from December, 1648, uiitil his
death, he was led, viz. he was more
ftriftly guarded and imprifoned than even
nor from that time had the benefit. of his
•liberty as formerly he had had, but was
•removed firft to one caftle, then to ano-
ther; then to Windfor, thfen laft of all
to Whitehall. So that moft properly he
may be faid to be now led, Fb^r^f dare
fwear he went and came into all thefc
, places moft unwillingly.

' . • Ancf

OF King CHARLES I? a6^

I, " * And tliere ftiall be (hewed v?tiethcr

* there be another Kingi' ^ " *

is>

ft '

^. , ' Since King Charles did retreat frptii*^^^^

^ Parliament, they on ^^e behalf

u Commonwealth afted as. Kings; lifing tfcr

gal command,, raifmg armies, mOnifeg;
. taxes, & quid no?2, Iji'eAkin^ His Mkjefly 'I

•L Great Seal; making a new one of their 6wh,

I and fince have altered the fr^me of goverttj^

ment, and converted .monarchy iiitd^ a

commonwealth. • y

* Then (hall bee^deted togathef rrmcK
* folk, and he Ihall take^helpe for Kim/ :

Howmanyof the nobility, gentryj^^and
clergy/ and what ritimbdrs of the tom-
monalty aflifted him, we know; and
they who were his affiAants do welf'to
jheir eoft remerxiher': ^for indeed^ the
greateft part of the hofbility, ahd gentiyi
and priefthood, riioli cordially and imafii-
monlly' followed hltli, and allifted him to
the hazard of their'lives, and confiimption
of eftates. Apd we. know, even whilft
he was in Carifbrpot-Caftle, what a re-
bellion Was raifed by -Goring, and others^,
&c. in Kent and Eflex 1648, befides t^hat
great army^ of Scots and Englilh routed
in Lancafhire,

266 Ok ths hvT^ and D«a,th

* And there (hall be merchaadiie of men,
' as of an horie or an ox.'

This jMUt of the prophecy was exactly

verified in King Charles s» or the Whits

King's Time; for in 1648, after the de«

feat of the wretched Scots in Lazxcafhice,

the EnglUh merchants did give money

for as many of the common foldiers as

were worth any thing, and fent them &i

Barbadoes and other foreign plantaticms.

Some were ibid dear, otheri cheap^ aci

cording to the quality of the perion or

pro£Bmon he was of. It is reported, that

many of thofe miferable wretches, ^incc

thai* being at the fiarbadoes, do fay,

they have left hdl, viz, Scotland, and

are arrived into heaven. There was ii»

1644, 1645, &c. exchanging of fbldkn

and prifoners ; but in 1648, abiblutc

mercbandifmg of mens bodies, and not

before. What price the Scots were HM

for, I know not: he that gave but

twelve pence apiece for any of ^at nafty

people, gave too much.

« There Ihall bee fought helpe, and th^
« fhall none arifie, but bed for head.'

What Prince or State of Europe, was
not attempted fince 1642, unto 1648, tP
aflUl ,his late Majefty ? but in v^n. P^^

videncc

OF KfR« GHARLB8 h i^^

J tideheef being not to be ddkuidd hf any
ifiortalman: each ihan that aflifted^ had
only a bed for hii head» vsz^ a g)*ave oif
fiece of^ earth for his biirial. And ho>v

^ nftany royal £nglifh femriliies* both of

?; gciitry and nbbles, I pity to relatci^ who

^ have mifcarried for his fake<

igi * And then Ihall one gone there the fun

g, •^Hfcth, anothcf there the fort gone
g; ' downe.'

. Intimating no more, but that the fear
^1 ilnd fadhefs of thbfe times Ihould be fuch,
c as fhoiild caiife feveral perfons to leave this
i kingdom or nation^ for their fafety, as

1 many nobles and gentry, who took part
i with him did, fome going to Holland,
( others to France, others to feveral coimr
I tries, as their fancies or occafions led
- them : or it may import his Majefty

fhould go Eaftward or North-Eaft, as he
did when he went firft to the Scots ; and
the Queen before went Weftward or
South-Weft, viz. to France, I pity ex-
ceedingly the fad condition of many noble
families, which ftill to this day continue,
in foreign parts, poor, beggarly, and in
a Hoft uncomfortable condition.

' After this, it fhall be iaid by Britaln>

* (king is King,) King is no King : after

* this hee fhall raife his head, and he

* ihall be taken to be a King/

After

s69 On the Life anC Death

A^ri he went to the SCots, sttid whUa
he was in difrahce, he was treated with
both by England and' Scotland, as a
King. Yet. dterwards it appeared he had
hot the power oiF a King, to conclude
any thing: nay, afterward our Parlia-
ment made a vote,
»

. . * That no Addreflcs Ihould be made unto
^ him any more/

* » _

But that vote was repealed, and addrefles
were niade^ but to no purpofe. So that
the Prophet faid well, * Sometimes King •

* after. King is no King,' &c.

* Bee many things to done, but wife men

* reading, &c. and then (hall a range of
•gleeds, and ever each hath bereaving,

* he fhall have it for his owne/

I conceive this intimates no more than
the multiplicity of affairs in thefe times :
but whether bv the range of gleeds, he
intend either tne Parliament themfelves,
or the army, or the Parliament's fub-
officers, I know not. I conceive here^e
fome words wanting in the copy, wlwh
might lead to explain thefe words^ viz.

* And hee Ihall have it for his owne/

Unlefs

" OF King CHARLES L ady

^' Unlefs it be intendpd, thofe meant by tl^e

. range of gieeds, w-fc. great opprefl^rs, or

}/ thofe who then rule or command :0»all

'* have ^ for their own; the Latin, 'copy

^ hath no more, but

ft . ...

Poji k<^]4rH tempos r^ilvQrumy &,.quad
quif(ju^ rapuerity profuo habebit.

• ^Fiz.' AftGF thefe; things, it fhall bo^ a
• time ' of kites or gieeds,v?nd what evei;y
fe man can ;get^ or purloin, he will take it

l^ for his own. And this feems to be tl^c

i genuine fenfe of it : for how many very

poor m?n have we known to arrive unto
great eftates, fince thefe times,' even to
^ thoufands a year and-, more ? . Somei -I

. know myfelf, were men. of very,^.^
fortunes m the, beginning of this Parlia-
ment, that are now fo elevated, fo prQu4,
fo rich, fo jarroga,nt, having had a.hai^d
in fom^ publick employments, th?y,fcQim
theirv kitidced s^nd cppntry, . forget .thejir
birth and that neighbourhood wljjch
. brought them to this- height of honqu^ :
. and ajthflugh like poor fneaks thpy qan^e
. to Loodoai in leather-breeches, '^ijd.-^n
1 642 were but vulgar fellows ; yet nx)w
coach it with four or two. horfes,, are
impijdeivt,. becau/e ip authority : yet to
require fome of th^fe, to write true Eng-
lilh, Of fpeak fenfe, wer? to CQmro?ui4 a

f — t

270 On the Life and Death

f— t from a dead man : hut ^ch as thefe
muft know« if *tey liave good eftates as
that <Jhey have, we of the cMEimonal^
jnuft^ve an account of o«r treafure.

• Ajid this (hall laft feven yeares, loe
^ ^-avening and ftiedding of ^loud/

If we confider that our wars began in
jtfmo 16421 we ihall then find that osur
v^iftcmpf rs an^l wars have continued feveai
whole years, .wi^M our owp kifigdom 1
f^r pn^ copy hath lit,

The^wv ftiall endure feven -years wkhin
the 'bowels of tiie kingdoms : and whereas
|te mentions ravening, I edjieeiye ^here
-the fpldier is qu^teyed^ that action of
r9\^cnrng cannot -be avoided, England
'hath .felt .'free quarter, both of her own
.covntrymeii, and of the Scots jaad Scotifh
army, :who were the trueft harpies that
ever liv^d, ftealing «id purloining where^
ever they <:ame, even unto a 4i{b-clout.
You fliall hav<? one ejcample of two^cots
in Lancafliire 1^648, quartered there in
a poor houfe, ^here they got a ^kettle of
brafs, being all their poor landlord had,
«id haying it on *the -fire with <>atm^
'boiling |n ale or tnijkji aji fil?mi^ ^omes.

or iCtMO CHAHLES 1. ^fn

^ond out of thor own eoiu»iirynien paiTes

'' -by and kivites thefe two iblcuars to ran

^ away, for all was loft. But fee ^^&k

"■ "Adllany, and prefent xewaol jof theft ^q

"• ibols :^way they tru4ge,^ but carry the

^kettle and porridge on a ib^ hetwuct

^ them, their' landlord m vain cxying ouet

for his kettle. But it p^eafed God an lio*

neft troop^'of ours, ntiaHng hafte to pur-

ji ttie tte Icnaves, ^ew both theft «lutt«ns,

tfi Tuid fo 'returned the ket^q tQ <&e rig^iit

111 •bwftiEsr.

'* And^vens fliaQ be made like kiHw CT
* churches.'

i:/ •

ff it wetenot pi;^ibk!y doAe iH mu^
il , places of this kin^gdom l^ore 1^46, vix»
t ^at chupches were inany times <as betiUy
t ^as ovens : yet in 164^,' and 1649, P**»1'8
church was made ^ hoife'^guard, and lb
I <corttinufed until-of Idte.

After, '*Theh Ihalt^otare thr<»ii^h ^
^'•'fouth 'with 'the fun," on horie of tree,
^* the chicken of ^he eagle- iayling into
" Brittame, aind arriving aAone*tathe -Houfc
'* of'the eagle, hee^fhal^ ihei* ftllowihip'tQ
'•^embfeaife:' , ' ;

Here tfic copies y^ -txccciiUngly, ^ortc
«feyingonly, \

Demde

it7^ Qn ¥hE \At\ and Death

jltpv>s^ unw Of Jemo:& erit guerre in Brit'

^'' Vk: After' the chicken of the eagle
nhkll come upon wodden horfes within a
;jf*arTand'*a h^f/'^d there fhaH be war
•nrBcitain; . • • '

--...;. ^i¥?ther.i:o5py'hath it thus : .

, JOfinde a6:\pt^,ro: vemet cum fole fuptr

' tionem maris ^ pullus aquila navigatu ki
Britanniam, Gf applicans Jlatim tunc altm

Afterwards the chicken of the Eagle
^&^ pora9^^.Wi^><tbe,Siu^rupQ9 wooden

Vf/\^fily» in fif fipfujir treatifec^.ours, we

;^5imofiiDuc6 f ^panged from verity : y«^

jjufc^igodefty ^s fuch, and our re^)eft to

his Majefty's peifon, we were in manjf

things filent. But updn further confi-

<4iy^|i9n> . l^is cjvcken of the >eagle will

pr<^e;Jpne of hi?. Majefty's ^hjldren, f^

,wff remember,; that the prelent Scots King

, did about July 1 64$, upon the South . ^

^Squth-Eaft: coaft j)f Englandj come in

pelTon unto the revolted ihij^:. .he jian<!pi»

or was viftualled at Yarmouth, and then

j.i*U[ed towar^-I^ent, but without. fucoc^:

"He aifo after ' thit atterrtp'tedYannouOf*

, . / "^ '-• ' • but

I! OF KiNG,.CHiARLES-L ,^y^

frk but that ^ BXttfck^t pj^vdd fu^cii^^s. 3^

tl Whereas, . th^ prppiecjr . mention , * fHp

/ fhould ;lhfiw , (teijowfhip T ^^^ ^pm

* hearts.)' Thefe'j^pids a^e in:;i|o L^ifi

1 copy that I have feen : however, at that

"* tiipe of th« Prince's beiijg ^t-,^ here

^ was no treaty or overture eithcaffi(3^red by

him unto the Parliament, or fey them

• unto hinti <H>lyr Hi^ Kft iif)..1ihe: fhips,

ji^j W'hkh revoUfls^ .9^1' ^^^ l^y^^i yf2Lys

^ dealt with to driver tliem.up^uptQliiai««

'm ' ' ^^ ^y *^ eagk be int€pde4J^igftChairi

[,, lately dfiad, ^ doubUefs . hc; was, the

^' J chicken of the: eagk muft q£ ,$pni?qupnce

^ * then be one of ^ his chiidren^ ; suj^ tb^ prep

J ient King o^ Scotland j m^ifh^n^ the

:WQf4s Bn[jEiy-:,.W«- thi$..fen^j>;-That tlve

ilPrince at th^| t^me (hould be j^efirous of

gettmg fome footing or laridw^gnplaffo* in

Kent (called here the High Houfe of the

Eagle) in regard Doyer-Caftloftandetk in

Kent on a ropk : but f^u^ij^g there, hf

made his journey to Yarnwuth, and lb

was defirous to procure that town : but

.herein iie alfo was decwed;^;ft is ev^

dent that the late King was the Eagle;

-foi^. hei did nothing but-fly^s^cridcupand

^dpwn, during f9me yearj^j^ before his

Jrfftraint : and it muft o^j-^CMS^effity th^

jfpUow, tha^tjhke chicken here- mention^

is die Scots King ; for the (fjiickeu- is meny

-tiohed before the, death of tha King tp

r ! T come

t5*% -Slf tlfE- tl^F'E'ASft BeATH

l*bfeifr frWft^lhfe Eftfti tod fo thePrin*
<lkl upoM Wt^to hot<ft&, ^id. {hit)8. It is
'frtife-, ^l^'Priftc^ got A dkftk oi' twtj iii
^Kiri**, But tflf^lK) piM^fe.

zkd nhaAft ihall be ^eo:

This ihe#% ^ c<>riti^u*ht« of' the Wart,
either abfoM or A hSnhfie for fotne ee^aih
tjtte, orltJv^hil yearsv -Aild we kftdw in
-1646, ^t moll excellent. man the Lord
F^rfax had ieveil ended otr war$ ; but 16,
1*1 1 64^, feveral revoJts and rebellions ap-
pe^ed k^tSSiA the Pa^lkmeifft; befideA tlk
Scotilh tttAcherdtts invafion j all Which to*-
•nifeft a ionfihoahc* ai it weire of^e waraf:
%or are Wd^ yrt quit of Watsi oir ^U be
fbr fometime hereafter-.- •

" ;

• Then fliiffl a footh be nou^ wwtb,
f and evefry ttianihall keepe his things and
''•gotten dthermehs goods;'

It is in^Latiflj' Tunc nihil vAithit Meriuriiu,

^^ Thfefe^oMs fa^ ohly^aiiteS' m«ch-, thjtt
^erthat-tiiTfe, wheih theickkken^ the
{^gle; or prfhce 0^ W^sy -at that timfe
'Ihoftld: either-^t^rfonally fattd himfelf, <*
IHt -eh flfofiefijihe forces- (SP^hisia any^aaft
<i?f ^tt^aSiff, Whi<^ Was'iA July 4648* efr
^ ' '" , Auguili

in OF KtMCrXHAHLBS h* v;f

kfn Aug^; tbattkc^ hhd f rom that time»

jpj there would be no faith given to words^

( ji or anv peace come from treaties : and we

well Know with what difiiculty ^e Jaft

treaty with his Majefty was obtained.

gj^, ' The ParHate^t had )^ cau& to feaf.no

good would come from thence. The White

King,' who ever Jbved fo fifli in itroubled

1^^, watersy gavefiach ambiguous anfwers vur

^^ to thePadiamQrits^{»'opQiiti(ms, a^iignir

' fied nothing. Whereuponr confidoring the

great fiingagemesillwiikh lay upoa theoi^

^J they at i^ refolviid, . J

Jb^tnid^takik vutnus^^ necidtnditm* Ami
foit wat. •. ..wv ' .*

3*
of'

\ For yeraiicatioa^of the ktter p^t t

$ed ^mfyut curabii quamadop &c«: .

That every nian^ whd under die Far*
liament bath piUed^ poied, or cheatied
the peteple; or any Parliament-man^
who hath. 4^ the. rain, of the commoo**
wbak]^ i^rkbed him&lf» wiM be careful to
prefervc his ill gottea ^oods, I do asuvenly
oelk^e; ajs-Idothat thfixeis a GOD in
Heatfciii. ^

• After the White Xing feeble Ihall goe

^ towaci^ the well, ibedigped about with

T a •hit

^76 OiNTHtliJiJLND' Death

«' his fblke to the old |Jbiite ibcfen. rcuiniitg
•• water/' ;.:...

It is ill the Latifi |i / / .

< lAit^Rex dibilisj^trftts.oceidfntBm.

i Atvvrfi^t time Hid) Miajeftj Went from
-Hampton-^ Court, he., lirent • . feeble^ wz.
accoixi^nied • with no more than two or
thre^^a feeble company for a King) ; and
he tfaea vwent to this Ifle of Wi^t, . and
there furrendred himibtf to oneHanir
mond, govemour of Carilbrough-Caftle
in^iheiOeof. Wight. Xbat .tafH^^ftdtids
near or upon the water- From .this time
of his furrendring himfelf unto Ham-
jmond; Jie was becupped xmt Arattiy looked
unto by the foldiers. This is that Ham-
mond, a$iheKtng:iiini&if .acknowledged
at Windfor, unto Ad. A. who fumifhed
hifii with, that fniutty^. iheet Efenftious ;
whicU acaifed mepf ^boiiiuvance y&iAx one
How of Gloucofterihire, abpiit Arabella
Scroop,' one of ^he* natural dlii:^tet« of
the Earl of Simderlaad. I chtilesnge. the
whole. world, .and:iDQth How and:ius
wife^ and Hamm0nd,>to d€dare.pu|)lkkJfy,
if I had the leaft engagement, or .did give
the leaft advertifement of any meeting of
theiiiB in the Spring^gaiden, or .had^. any
conairance or plot da their de(]^ :. ' aU
4 . • i: 1 that

ill

6P K'iMcf CHARLES I.O 277

jg that' ever 7 did,* 'Was, a refolutibh^of two '
o4- -tHrfee hbrarf'^ueftibhsi; wWkrh-pro--
mlftd the enjoyirtetti of 'the woifisdi. ' Not
havings rAet with* a' fit oppor tuMty of the
prefs/ fiiicc that *flaAder caft'ttpcfti me,
I" t66k liberty hei^in t€^ repejir this mat-,
tefi^^ivirfg that'Visivalier my rrioft' hearty
A ttianks, that iii jiUbtict' took tfee "pains to
., vitadicate my feputktion : and > Although*
I never had thejiiappinefs, firtee that his;
L vindication of m6, to fee him i-^itiit my.
?' acknowledgment of that his^ourtefy be»
J Accepted from hirn. Indeed, that oradb:
of the law, whilft he lived, Sir -Robert
H6lborne, knight, and myfmgoldf friend;^
both acquainted me of the many 'and hitf
great labour to fift out the mattei^ whoUyy^
ere committed to the prefs. The Lord
guide me in my ways; for I fferibafly pi*o-
feft unto poftefity, I never r^dved fuch*
injttrious afperfions or calumii^g, front
ttefe who in redfdn^had caufe^to-Be m/
enemies, viz. the Royalifts^ as Jrom many
of our own party, or fuch as will or
Woukl be called Ro\mdhead4;MHad riot
tht virtue and hohour pf one not to be^
paralleled member of Parliament, been
ever my fupport^and defender, I had buried
my conceptions itl Tilence, and fmothered
hiy endeavour-s in 'deep obfcurky. For
really, fo great is my refpeft . and affec-
tion unto this honourable perfon, that
T 3 ' were

«78 Oil TOE LirSAKD-DEKTH

were fkiyfoitulie neeeffitou^ (as GOD btf
thanked it is not) I durft not, na^, I
would .not do any .^Oumeft or utibee
coiliiAg action} fearing it mi^t trench
upon tiie honour of that tdl, smd nothing
but all gentl«nan, who livas <MUy,\W
defires tb live no longer, than be may
ierve this Oommonwealth, without dxjiv^
injufti^.to any partioular perfcoi, or oj^
preffioAk or any thing that is cli<h<mer-
able to the commonwealth, Parliamftat,
«r anny^ . O, I abhor the mciVility Mid
abiurdity of one now in fome authonty
iK>r the Pajrliam^at, v^ho hearing, a i<^*
4aious afocx^A aga&n^.zBSe, mthiout ff-
diefr ienquiry, protefted he wopld be iiftuK
^tn^y,' if I «ver came before hin^, 6qc.

« Thien^s enemies ftall nicct him, fjbd
f M^chi^ her place fhaiU be otdainedabout
f. him, .anhoaft ^ a mantier of a fhietd,
< fhall he formed ^ fhien^ail ^^ %^
^ an ovea front:*' ^

Wheti H^s Maijefty ir^ brought ftom
*hfc Ifle of Wight to Windfor, he wi$
guaided before and behi|id, and oil every
ide* with feveraj troopsof hprfe,ib that
jj w^ impoflible he ihoujd efcape j fo that
it might well be faid, he isyas in the midft
i^.an 0veij, 8cc.

f After

OF Kiaa CHARLESTM. ^y^

• After the White Kmg (hall fall into\a
f JdrkyanJ, oviorahall/ :.^!

. 'Wc mav juf^ly wonder, how cx^ftly
this was fulfilled in the death* of King
Charles, or thg White J Cing. Th e trn th
t)f it was thus : 4iat ^pie tew nigfits be-
fore hi§ death; he was brought to^hi^e-
hfill, the regd feat of his^^proggnitoip :
H^ainft the day cJf his 4eath ^'ii^pid was
fjoam^ ovqr againi(|'lhe ntw Bauxjuetii^-
I^oufe, buUt % Ktng James | and whjen
tHe ]^g went Ui*t6 «3C^cttti64, a way or
pl^flage w|is r^iad*^ put[ at] ine of ijic
weft windowB, for hijp, ',to paffs cjgt uiio
tl|e ifcafFoldp iviiere hi5 heacTyas i:ut c^F^
Sp that very pertinehtly it w^s ppopl^e-
fif^d, ]x9 Ihoula fall into a chjafcij^l^rd oyer
aliall,

T 4 What

^o .iQf^TTfft DEATH op

What manner of death the Aroh-
bifhop, of ^Cantprburjr fhppld

It may appear to all indifferent minded
men, the verity and worth of aftrology by
this qiieftion; fpr there is npt any amongi|
the wifeft qf men in this world could
Jjetter h^ve reprefcnted the perfon and
condition of tnis old man, h|s prefent
ftate and condition, ^nd the nianner of
liis death, than this prefent figure of hea^

yen doth.

r ;.' . ;'

^ 8e^, Mx. Lilly'§ Cl^riftian Aftrology, ^to.

Peing

• • Being a hian of thb- churclKl his afccn-
^i dant is Capricornus, the cufp o£ the

n ninth houfe : Saturn is lord of the fign,

now in Aries his ' fal! ;''^ long time retro-
grade, ahd'hbw pofited 'in -the twelfth of
^ the figure, - or^^fourth 'frofti His' afcendant •

/ fo that the h^averis reppfelit hini in con-

/ ditioh of mirid, of a violent ^irit, tur-

bulent and 'ertvious, a 'triatt "involved iri
troubles, imprifoned, -fiicV^ ' Jupiter; a ge-.
r hferal fignificator' of cfcurthmen, dotli

! fomewhat alfo rcprefent his cdnditiorii

j being of that eminency Re Vas of in ouf

1^ conimonweaith. Jupitei*, ' as yoii fee, is

/ retrograde, and wljLh many fixed ftars oif

the naturfe of Mars and Ltina : an argu-
iment he wa? deep laden yvitJi misfortunes^
and vulgar clamours, af this prefent.

The Moon is lady of the fourth in the
figure, but of the eighth a^ to his alifeni
dant : fhe feparates froqi Saturn, and ap-^
plies to the opppfitign of the fun, near the
cufp of the gighth-T hpuf?, Sol in a fiery
fign ; applying to an oppofitipp of Mars,
the difpofitor of the aged Bilhop. Mar?
being ip an aiiy fign and humane, from
hence I judged that he fhould not be hang-
ed, but fulFer a more noble kind of death,
and that within the fpace of fix or feven
weeks, of thereabouts ; becaufe the Moon
want?d feygn degrees of the body of Mars,

aSa Archbiihap LAUD'S C^iam6ber.

He was beheaded about the loth of Jair
nuary following,-

I write not ihefc tilings as that I re^
)oaoed at his death; no, Ido not : for I ever
honoured the man, and naturaUy loved
him, though I nevor had fpeech or ac-r
quaintance with him. N<h- do I write
^efe lines wjiiiqut team's, xioniidering the
great imcertainty of human aSk^n. He
was a liber;d M^cenas to Oxford, and
produced as good manuicripts as any were
tn Ewopetpthat univerfity, wherdby the
learned vfrnCt ^knowledge his boimtjr : Let
^s impqrfe^pns .be ouiied in ulence,
M«fiuufi efi'f t§ de mwtuit ml ni^ bonum^
Yet I account him not a martyr, as one
afs did J for by ^Q ientence of the ^jreateft
^ourt of England, viz. the Pirfiament,
h*? ^gs hppught to his end.

ME.

■If

i M :s M o I ^ s

PF TH^

1/ I F E

9* THAT
tfEARl^ED ANTIQjTARXt

ELIASASIfMpLE, Esq^

l^wn up by hinifdf by ^y of Di«uy«
With an appbkdix pf
ORIGINAL I^ETTERS^
FttbliiM by Chahlbs Builma^, Efq.

' f

— ,. ' t f

THE'' ' ' ^-•■■^
: ' / ■ • 1 ;r "^

; : p:'R..';i: ''te 'A c\ i...;

'TT^ HE bare mention of ti» perfon,
' X whofe Diaiy adi fjetters. art now
publiflied, may luffidtatly' fatisfy the
world from whence. tKeyvOrigindly: came,
and where they ire* fliB pfefervcct Tfie
copy, 'from whence thefe papert elrepubh
lifhedjis in the hand^wnting of Robcit
Pk>^, L* D^ late profefibr of chymiftry,
chief keieper of the: :ftfhmolean Mtt^eijm
in the tmiverfity of Oxford, and fccretaiy
q£^ tlie ^ Royal Sodetyi; -and .wai: by him
tranfcribed for the ufe of a near relation
of Mr. Alhmole's, a private gentleman'
in StafFordfhire, who has been pleafed to
think they may be acceptable tothe^torld
for their exaftnefs and imguiarityL' They
were collated a few years fince by David
Parry, M. A. of Jefus College in Ox-
ford, and head-keeper of the fame place,
wjiq correfted fromj the original ma-
nufcript {a) fome few literal errors. Th?:
charafter of Mr. Afhmole is fo well known,

(a) Inter MSS. Aflunoh Oxon. Num. 1136.

and

The PKUPACtl.

and (b cjtcellcntly, though concifely drawn
m thcfe papers, as well as in fhat article
publifhed uiider his name, in the Supple*
ment to the learned Mr. Collier's Hiftori-
cal Diftionary, partly extrafted from
theiiei materials by .the piftly, celebrated
Mr. Edward Llwyd, fupcrior bedel of di-
vinity in the univeriitjr of Oxford, that
no recommendatioh of an obfcurd edifdr
can be of any icrvios^ aft«r'£> noted
names. The uiefiiinefs of this kind of
tirofks I fhali riot-ddbtnt upoa: but only
iay thus much^ That the^r let us into the
§tettt hiftory of the ^airs of their fo-
Ttral times; difcowrthe fprihgn of nK>-
ti(ni ; and difplay mai^y valuaUe^ thovigh
minute circumftahces.orerlookodt or un>-
Itttown to our gentjTal Hiftornuis; and*
to ocxnclude all» fatiate our iatgcfl: cu^
tiolity.

^Ne^nrigtonu

C«ARLES'BORMAN^

THE

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L IF E :

ELlAS ASHMCfLE, Efq. :

IELtAS AStiMOLB, Was the foiled
only ckiki of Simon Aihaiole of Lkdhi-
field, ikller, eldeft fi>{i nnto Mi*.
Thomas A^mde of the Siiil aty, radlei*,
twice chief bailiff of that ^rport^iOAti
find <rf" Atme, one of the daughters' of
Aikthony Bovy^^er of the city" of Coventi^,
draper, and Bridget his wife, cmly d^gh«-
let to Mr. . ... . . Fiteh of Awfley in thfc

(koBnty of Warwick, gentletnan.
' I was bonv l3ie 23d. of May i6i^i
(and as my dear and good tnother hath
often told i»e) near half '9lti hoar aftet 3
^'clock in the ttK>minjg. •;

When I rectified my nativity. An. 1 647I
I found it to be 3 hours 25 minutes 4^
fecwidis A. M. the ■quarter ^p of w af-
eending. £ut U^n Mr-J^pffiy's redUfica^

tion

483 The LIF£ oif

tidn thereof. Anno 1667, he makes thfi

fiarter 36 ajfcending. I was baptized, the
e 2d 0/ June following, at St. Mary's
church in Litchfield. My godfathers were
Mr. Chriftopher Baxter, one of die
proftors of the fiifhop's Courts and
Mr. ...•.-. O^y, facrifl; of the cathe-
dral chiiirch. '• '. . I '.

Before I wag carried td church, it was
agreed my name ftjould be Thomas (as
was my grandfather). But, when the
minifter bad. naipp ,the child, my. god-
fatlief OffeykiiiWered E^Has, rtv^hichhis
partners wondered; and ^ being (at their
tetujsfj hotne)/»iH^>: why h?'fop9aU«d iJR
iie could render no accottnty Jbut thatft
eame fuddenly i«to his mimi, byam#e
tljan prdinaryiji?ipulfeiof fpiritj.; My go4-
motlier s nap[ie,wfis Mrs. Bfidges^ .
'; , When I v^apijibovt; a year-^^ld, wid k
by the £ire, J, fell into; it, .and buiWNiite
•Tight fide of my- forehead,. ij: p^HingVif^
4the iron ban of the grate (of which a fear
always remained) but my,: good i^othef
be^^g near, pyefently took jii« up# 9^^
applied fomething for my cure*^ • .1
> I had the finall-pox. (yet but fc^):^^
alfo the fwine-poxand tl;t§:i«feeafles,.whfi9
I was young 5 but know-nert^t^hj^ certain
time of either.

. Being about 8 or. 10 jears/old (h^
th^ year I ca,n;^ remember) my motb?f

ELIAS AS^HMOLE^Eso- 2^9

ifi tod twere invited to my Coiifin Slack-*.
kd, bum's ift Long Parifti ; at tl^at tin>e they
Jfc were biiilcling df d baw, and I gating up
^r by ladder to the tx>p thcrecif, fell down i
of in which fall the iiifide of my right fcnea

jt,.' ftruck againft the edge of a great beiim,

I a whieh t&reby t^eceiv.^ * a disep triangtalaf
gafti, of which I lay a long time beftorc ti
p was6utied.

James Pagit, Bfq; iomt time i^nifnd
Raron of the fijfchequer, married to his
fecond wife, Bridget, one of my mother'*
jjj fillers, and widow to . * • , . Moyre, H

J ji confeQioner in London. Ffc had a lifter,
^; who firft Was married to Dr. M^rt
^ Chancellor ^ Litdtfi^ld i ^nd after, td
^jj Dr. Twifden his fucceffor in the (md

. Chancellorlhip.

^^ Thomas Paglt his fecond fon (the chief

inftruthent of my future pi-cfefments,
which' I acknowledge with all gratitude
to his memory) being much beloved ot
* his aunt Twilaen, came often to Litch-^

field, when he was youngs whofe ftay
there, as it occafioned an acquaintance
with my i»othet (fifter «> his mother-in-*
law) fo it begat iaVhim an affeftion to-
wards me ; infomuch, as having given
fomfe good charader of me to his father^
he became inclined to have me fent up to
Ix>n(lon : And becatfle h^ and hi^ ions
were greatly aj&fted to mwfick^ arid very
U ' weU

ft^o . Tut L IF E 6t

well (killed therein^ he was d«firouj I
(houid rpend part of toy time at the mu-
fick fchool (having before fpcnt all at the
gramitiar fchool): and. being competemly
grounded therein, I became a thoriftcr
in the cathedral chuith, where I remained
till the faid Baron fent f6r me up to his
houie.

Mr. MefTenger, and after him Mr. Toby
Hbfichman taught md Latiri.

Mr. Henry Hinde, organift of the ca-
thedral, who died the 6th of Auguft, 1 64I1
taught me the virginets and organ.

1633* The 2d of July I began my jour-
ney from Litchfield : my father and mo-
ther brought me onward to the far end of
Baffet's heath.

The 5th of July, about 1 1 o'clock be-
fore noon, I entr«l Loridon*

16 July, the before-mentioned Mrs.
Twifden died of the ttiaca paffio^ and was
buried the 18th following, in Litchfield
cathedral,, in a chapel on the right haiid
of the Lord Baffet> tomb ; where was a
monument for Dr. Matters and herfetf»
but broken down by the foldiers in th«
Parliament war.

4: October, Mr. John Perfon, a phyfieian
in Coventry (who had my mother's eldeil
(ifter) was buried.

1634. My father died about dcvffl
o'clock before noon,.

22.

ELIAS ASttMOLB, Es^. 291

; 41. Mr* Simon Martin's letter, which
gave me notice of his death, bears date,
the 2 2d of June.

My father wfes bdrn upon a Whitlunday
in the morning.

- He Was bred Up by his fither to his
ti'ade ; yet when he came to man's eftate,
followed it but little : He moiie afFefted
war, than his profeffion, and ipent many
of his years at^oad^ whieh drew on him
a courfe of expences and ill-hiifbandry.
His firft voyage was into Ireland, with
Robert Earl of Effex, Anno 159 . , , Two
other vdyages he afterwai^ds made, with
his foil, Robert Earl of Eflex into the
Palatinate, from whom he received good
rfefpeft. He was an honeft fair condi-
tioned man, and kind to others; yet
through ill hufbartdry, beCaitoe a great
enetny to himfelf and poor family.
' i6j5* In this year 1 was taught on the
harpfichord, by Mr. Farmelow, who lay
in St. Michael's church-yard in Cornhill,
and continued learning with him till 31
Jkn. 1635-6- . '

11 July. I came to live it Mount-Plea-
fant^ near Barnet, and ilayed there the
rdftof thefumii^r.

1637. Auguft 21* I came to Small-
wood; to Mr. Peter Mainwaring's, to zijt,
his confent to marry his daughter.

•;. • Vz Sciptem-i

, September 14. Th« focoRfi time I Went

to Smallwood, ,.;.'.

1 6* I returned to Lond$n)j
16381 Jam 23. Icawefrom Mi*. Juf-
tiiiiaii Pagitt. .71 i

Ma«h 27? iwis-iji^rnttl to Mrs.
Eleaftor Mamwaring^ . eW^ft daughter to,
Mr, Peter. Msuniwju-iijg^. .and Jane his
wife, of Smallwopd iti Com. Ceft* gent.
She 'proved a virtuous gooi wife. The
marriage was; in. St. Benedift'^ churchy
near Paul's Wharf, by Mr* Adams^ par-*
fon there*

July 164 1 and my wife} went towards
her father's in Chefhire^ about four, ptf/i
merid. where he arrived the aadof July.

30. I took, polfcffion of my houfe at
litchfieJd.

September 10. My unde Thomas Aih-
mole, cauf^d a privy ffefliofts to bi& called at
Litchfield^ whereby I had.foine trouble
about my houfe there : The bill was'
found igmramus.

Oftdber 8. I came to Looidon.
In Michaelmas term J began to (plicit
in Chancery,; and had it^different good
pra^ice.. ...

December 20. I went from Londa».
towards Che(hire* . :

This term I |vefei|'cd..a bill in Chancery
againfl my uncle; Ti^^Kias Alhmole. :

ELIA8 ASHMOLE, Esq^ 293

1639, Jan; '28; . I returned from Small-*
wood to London. • '.

• About th6 'b^hning of March, Ca-
therine wife to. my brother Mr. Peter
Mairiwaring, and one of the daughters
and coheirs of Mr, Newton of Pownall in
coni. Ceft; cam^to full age.

March 5. Pq/i, merid. my After Ann
•Mainwanng, wag bought to bed of her

^firft child.

' In Trinity term;. (ag J thinls) I became

t acquainted with' Dr. Xhotnas Cademah
the Queen's phyfipian : ' About the begin-

'ning of July, Peter Vcnable«; psron pf

'' Kinderton wrote to me, to take upon n|e
ihe management of ^ h^^ law bi|f^ef$.
Auguft I.I went from trPn^h towaixJs

\SmaHwood

5. I arrived at Smallwood.

f ;06lx5ber 12; I and my wifi^'r^urned

*tow^rds Londpn, beginning our Jpurncy
from Smallwood tHis^ day, ' -• ^ ^

06bcrber 20. I Idc^ii to keep houft, be-
ing arrived at L9i>dQh, this day. ' ' '

" 1640^ |an. II, }Ay wife's fiftqr Mr.s»
Mary Mamwanng, *fell ill pf ^ ague,
and haying had five fits ;

i * ib. She toother ^l>ed. •;

-^ February 6, ? P^Ji meri^. She died,
and was buried in the (^hureh pf St. Cle-
ment Danes, hear t^e entrance into the
f hancelt 5hc had a very handfome fane-
U3 ral,

894 Thb life or

raU with cfcutchcons of h^ arms, in a
lozenge, pinned upon her velvety palU

1 8, My coufin Philip Mainwaring (a
younger ion of the houfe of Keringham)
married Mary the daughter and coheir of
Sir John Miller of Iflington.

Mav 14, Mr, Driver married Mrs, MiJ-
Icr, tne otlier coheir,

April 4. I tooH locjgings in St. Qc-^
ment's Lane,

May 19, My. wife was brought tp bed
of a fem^e child. fli|l-born| about noon,
which vr^s buried the next day,

June 9, I was prelected tc^ thie Lord
Keeper Finch, and on j:He 12th, entertainai
by him Aipon the rccoqjmendation of n\y
lyorthy frjeijfj Dj*. Cad^man.

About thle begmning oj Spp^mbery cpiy
wife fell ill of a fever,

oatober 31, I f emove4 myfplf to a
chamber ift |hc Middle' Temple, in Elm
pburt. Tent me by MrrT|ipma§ Pagit.

December ii. JoanMorgaijp my maid,
died of thie fmall pflx,

1641,' January 18* I begaa my journey
from Sijialjwood tp Londt^n^

28. I entered London.

February 4. Mr, HiU n^ovpd. me to an
agreero^nt witl^ my uncle Jl^qmas Aft-

mole.

February 6. I w^s admitted qf CI?*'

February

ELIAS ASHMOLE, Eso- igj

February 1 1. I was fWorn an attorney
in the court of Cpmmqn PJeas.

April 22. William Clark came tp Lon-
don to be my fervant, he continued with
me until 1645.

24. H? came to dwel| with me.

May, About the beginning of Majr^
my maid Elizabetl> Co|ey fell fick of thfe
plague, but efcaped.

3. I t>orrowcd of my coufin P^ipling-
ham 70/. and paid it 29 June.

June 2 1 . My brpther Mainwaring re-
ceived '200/. from Mr, Simon Ives, upon
a lAortgagft of Smallwood.

22. I was bound with my brother, for
performance of covenants, about the be-
ginning of June. Towards the ^M of
Trinity Term I was fick fpr j Qri|.days,

Auguft 11 • I went to Wmdfor, upon
fome bufineft for Dr. Cademfin, being the
firft time I faw that caftle.

September 20, I and my wife weijt to?
wards Smallwood. '

23 We came to Litchfield, ' '^

bftober 12, My wife quickened,

Oftober 25. Twent tovvards Londori,
leaving my wife behind n^e ; becauf^ big
with child. ' ^

29. I. came to London,

30. I came to lodge ii^ my chamber ^

Clement's Jnn,

U 4 Pe-

. I

Ig^S The life op . :

December 5. My <kf r wife f41 fviddien->
ly lick about evening, and died (tp roy
own grief, and the grief of s^l her friends).
£lie was buried the next night about nine
of the clock in the AAbury church in
Chefhire, near the entrance of the.fouth
aide of that church, w*. the Weft end of
that aifle.

December 14. I went frpip (^Qn^on to«
wards Chelhire, •

16. Arriving at litfhfield, IfuAl^ii^i
of my wife's death. SJ^e was ^ vif;^\iQus,
pjodef^, careful, and loyjng wife ; heraf-
feftion was exceedli^g- great towards i»St
99 was mine to hepr, wfl^ch caviiqd us to
live io happily tc^th^r. Nor w§s I Uii
i|>eloved awd efteemed both by he:r father
and motHer, infomuch as ^ hei^ fMAentl*
her mother fitting ney the CQroiS,;.with
tears, profefled to the Byon pf l^nderton'*
lady (who after told it p me) and otheri

{jrefent, that ihe ^w not w^^tlier Ac
oved me qr l^er only fon betie|^

18. I cam? tq Smfl^wqod,

1641, , January i6.,l viijted ij|y dear
fife's grave. ^' '. \ ,

Janu^ 18.1 gan^e frqm Sn^^^oo^,
' 28. I arrived at Lqndonj ]

February 3. Air. J[ul^im?H^ P^git 1^^^
Ing prj^ieo to me qne of hia clerk's
places in t*he N^ Prius qf^lce thejPtb

^^ pf Pecemb^f laft i l)\i^ l^n^ing **

ELIAS ASHMOLE, Eso, i^f
terms ' tpo h^iti, i ^$^ day rd^^ed it

March 7^ I removiai jmy goodi to my
chamber at Clemcint's Inn, and lay th«re. •
^ Auguft g^ Mr. Hutchinfbn of Gle^
merit's Inn, and myfelf, took i journey;
lirft tp fee my old fchool^mafter Mr.
Hinchmaii; at Drayroain Buckingham^
(hire, then tp Oxford, f^ i|ito H^mp^ire^
and thenpetp Londpn. i ; .:/

Z9v T^® troubles in London growing
great^' I refphred tp leave the aty ^fld^re-i
tire ihtpthe^ countnr: and' this day i fet
fomvaHl' from London ito^^ards Chelhire,
tp my faldier-in^law's hipufe ; of ^ 3md|l-!»
wood. - ^ ' • • r '■^"^•''' •• v-r.-.-'r-

November 1643. % Thotnqis Mam^
waring, Riecprder of Reddiiig, was kuagi^t-
cd. } inarried his widbw in i &jjq,^ i

April 17, I wenrtdwat^ Loi^lM t^
jny foufm ^ainwaring of -Caring^anH ^'*

25.1 canic to London,

May. 8;- I cam? frowi London. > ' i •
. 17 I anrived at SmalRvopd. :::!:;;

July z* I went towards Long Witton
in Northumberland. ^ i c ;» /

i2f I came f^rfV to Nes^caftle mth tiMi
young Baron pf Kindertoii; 1 . :

17. I returne<J into Chcfliire ^ith th<i
Baron pf Kinder ton's lady* -^

2K We cam^ into Chdfhire.

"The

z^ The; LIFE op .

The reft of the fitmmer I fpent At Kin.
derton, in aflifting Mrs. Venables, to get
pff'tiw Baron's ftqueftration 5 but we could
not fife v^iK

Oftob. 16. I went a fccond journey intQ
the North.
. : ill .1 returned towards Chcfhire.

1645; The beginning of this year (at
Sfclfo part of the laft) was fpent at Oxford
by Mr. Hill of Litchfield, and myfelf, in
iolicitiiig the Parliament there againft
Colonel B^ot, Governor of Litchfield,
for pppofing the execution of the Kings
CoronuiTion of Excife (Mr. Hill and
myfelf being Conimiffioners :) -whereupon
January 8. a letter w^s fent to fetch the
Cfilpffiel thither . .
. J?eU 3. Mr, Hill ret^imed to. Litchfield.

Mar. 2^. I firft became iaccjuainted with
Cftpt^ Wharton, between eigl^t and nine
in JShfrjiiorning..

Apr. 17. Captain Wharton- mdycd me
to be owe of the four gentlemen of the
Ordnance in the Garrifon of Oxford^ M

May 9 V I wasi entered a gentleman of
^ Qr4nance,^j> mte.tnerid.

15. I was affronted by a foldier at inj

bSttety at DoverrPccr, but had fatiT-

^ faftion. .

Sept. I • . 1 was very much ti-oubled witli
my^ eye for a week.

ELI AS ASHMQtf, Escu ^99
14. I chrift^ned Mr. Fqx's fcih at Q^^
ford, 4 /^ ifieridiem.

16. Mrs. Hijnchni^n diiedi my fehooK
mafter's wife, ,

17. Thi$ afternoon Sir John Hey don,
liieutenant qf the Ordnance, b^an to exer-^
die my gunners in Magdalen Meadows.

06iofe|. &. Mr. Wharton wag made a
Captain of H^rfef

12. I faw; ])^i;8. March in Brazen-Nofe
Library, being brqught thither by Cap>^
X9AXX S\yingfiel4> ^ poft merid. This day
Mr. Meridc made a motion tq n)P to be
a Commiffioner of the Exclfe at Worcefter.

Dec. 8... I w^$ recpmmended to be Com-
miffioner for the Ekcife at Worcefter, un-
known to iji^i which when I kne^, I
accepted, and prepared for my jourAey
thither. . i \

16. The King caufed'Mr. to

be out of the Commiflioa of Excife, and
mine to bft inigyted in hi$ pAace.

19. 2 poji merid. Mr, Swingfield and
myfelf rcceiy^ th^ Commiffian of Excife
from the Clerk of the Croyvn, :

2 1 . Sir John Heydqn gave me a letter
of recommendation tq. ray Lord Alhley at
Worc^fter, of >yhich tlws| is a copy,

MyLOIlD,

HIS bearer, one of the gentlemca
of th« Ordpani^e to the garrifon

^ of

^ I

r^oo T»E LIF]B or i

-'-of Oxford; having an ctnjplayment in

* your Lorddiip's government, by the Par-
': liament here piit* upon him, out of his

* defire to be made known and ferviceable
I* to your Lordlhip, hath intreated mj
•* mediation and atteftation, to whole

* perfon, induftry, and merits, ^ during
*• the time he hath been interefted in his

* Majefty's fervice, under my fiirvcy, I can
'<• no lefs than recommend him to your
■* Lordfliip's favour, as an able, diligcRt

* and faithful man, wherein your Lord'
^ fhip may be pleafed to believe

^ « Your Lord Aip's,

T)cc, ji, :< Moft affeclio»a^ Servant,

^JOHN HEYDON'

i. :J>cc. 2?; Itdoki myJ^ut^Aey fkun Ox-
ford to Worcefter, \o ant, mm4^ with
ISir Charles LucaSc ......

t 22^ %ant, mrid* I arrived at Wqrcefter,
27-11 H^r^ 15 mill. '^A^ ite^/V. Mr.
Joitlaa Mayor of 'Wopoeift^^ -Mr. Swin^-
^W,. and myfelf, t took the path as Com*
miffioi\ers.of Eajeife iitthd -Town -Hall
and thence went untq the oiRce, and en-^
tered upon the execiltioil of* the qorn-
miifion. The ^ commiffion bears te,ft« t^f
ii^fth^of December pfeeediiig-, --
* u • • 1646'

1 646. Jto; 1^8 Hot. ' ante\ mrid. I dt^
livered Sir John Heydon*s letter to my
Lord Afhley, who promifed me^all kind-
ft«fe, and to . fik me in the Train of Ar-
liUeiy in the vGarrifoa.
: 134. 3 fhnpQft meridi. Mr. Jordan, the
Mayor of Worceft6r, Mr. Francis. Graven
Mr: Johri Swingfidd, and myfelf, the
three CoffliailJioiiers of theExcifej being
tnet at Worceftcr, Mr. G^raid moved to
have me Receiver and Regiftei:, and Mr^
Swingfield to be ComptroJler ; which wa^
agreed unto*

- .Jan, 19, I firft heaid ofiny tnothcr
Mainwaring's death from Mrs* Mary:
Brereton, my Lord Bi^idtc^^s daughter.

March 12. i Hor.poji merid^ I received
iriy commiffion for a Captainfliip in the
Lord Alhley's regiment.
-'Apr. 18. A new commiffion for the
E xcife came to Worcefter.

21. Colond Baldwin, Mr. Swingfield,
and myfelf, took our oaths to the iaid
commiffion, 11 Hor. 40 minutes ante
merid.

27. I was chofen Regifter to the faid
commiffion, i JS&r. 30 minutes pofi merid.

28. Mr. Yardley was fworn one of our
clerks, 3 hour poft merid. upon my recom-
mendation. This Mr. Yardley was one
Qi the choir of Worceft^a:^ after the fur-r
jreiaiier of the garrifon any fervant fonie;

. years.

jdj The life 0p

years, and upon the King's return, made
one of the gentlemen of his chapel.

May 19* 5 'Hor. pojl merid. walking iil
the fields at Worctffter, where feme were
Ihooting at Rovers, an arrow ftruck very
nelr me, but I efcaped hurt: thanks be
to God.

22. Id dnte fnerid. Sir Ralph Clatt
moved me to take a command about the
Ordnance in the fort of Worcefter.
• June 12. I entered upon my command
as Compttx)ller of the Ordnance.

18. I Hor. 10 minutes ^^ tnerid. I re-
ceived my commiffion from Colonel Wafli-
ington.

July 1 4. Lichfield-Clofe was furrendered
to the Parliament.

July 24. Worcefter was furrendered;
and thence I rid out of town according to
the articles, and went to my father Main-
waring in Cheflure.

July 3 1 . Mr. Richard Harrifon, mini-
ft^r of Tetnal formerly, and afterwards of
Litchfield, told me of my mother's death,
and that (he died about the 8th or 9th of
July, of the plague not long before, that
city being vifited this fummer. She was
a difcreet, fober, provident woman, and
with great patience endured many afflic-
tions. Her paraits had given her exceed-
ing good breeding, and Ihe was excellent
at her needle j which (my father bdng*
- ^ . , I impro-.

ELIAS ASHMOLE> EsOi 3^3

iittprdviderit) ftood hij^r^i-in great? ftcad.
She wfes jcompetently read in divinity, hif-'
tory, and poetry; aad was . crtitinually
inftillihg into i!ny cars fuch religious and
ihoral predepts, as my vounger vears were
capable of. Nor did me ever fail to cor-
rect my faults, always adding fharpi re-
proofs and good le£tures to bootr : She
was much efteemed of by perfons of note
with whom fhe was acquainted* She. lived
ill much friendfhip among her neighbours,
and left a good name behind her. In
fine^ fhe was truly religious and virtuous.

Oftob. 1 6. 4 Hot. 30 minutes po^
merid. I was made a Free-Mafon at War-
rington in Lancafliire, with Colonel Henry
Mainwaring of Karticham in Chefliire;
the names of thofe that were then at
the lodge, Mr. Richard Penket Warden,
Mr- James Collier, Mr. Richard Sankey,
Henry Littler, John EUam, and Hugh
Brewer.

, Oft. 45. I left Chefliire, and came to
London about the end of this month,
'oix. the 70th day, 4 Hor. pofi merid.
About a fortnight or three weeks before
I came to London, Mr. Jonas Mdore
brought and acquainted me with Mr.
William Lilly : it was on a Friday night,
and I think on the 20th of Nov.

Dec. .3, This dayy at noon, I firil be*
came acquainted with Mr. John Booker.

'22.

304 The life or'

2i« i wai inv^ited by Mrs. Miurch, tni
k^ep my Chriftmas with her at JLime^
hou&, which I did.. .

23* 4 HoTi 30 mihtttes I weitt liiithen

1647. Feb* lOi A boil broke out of
tiiy throat, under my right ear.

14. The mathematical feafi; was at the
Wiiitc-Hart in the Old-Baitey, where I
dined.

.Mar. I . I firfi moved the Lady Main-
waring, in way of marriage, and received
a fair anfwer, though no condeicenfion.

Apr. 14^ I went to Sir Arthur Main^
waring's^ With the Lady Mainwarin^^

May 25. I went towards Bradfidd.

27. 8 Hot. ante merid. Mr. Humphrf
Strafford and I went into BradfieldHoufc-

Jrni. 12^ I went from St. James's to
Engle-ficld, to table with Antipal? Chcr-
vington; and tfie next morning about
eight of the dock I came to his houfe.

14. I firft became acquainted with Dn
Wimberley, minifter of Engle-fieid, 3 Bor.
fojl merid.

16: I Hor. poji merid. it pkafed Gocf
to put me in mind, that I was now placed
in the condition I always defired, whicH
was, that I might be enabled to live to
myfelf and ftudies j without being forced
to take pains for a livelihood in the WorW'
And feemg I am thus Retired, according
to my heart's defire, : I befeech God ^

blefs

ELIAS ASHMOLE, Eso^ 305

blefs nie in my retirement, and to profper
my ftudies, titat L niay faithfully and!
diligently fefve |iiHii> and in all things
fubmit to his win : arid for the peace and
happinefs I enjoy (in the midft of bad
l!4mes) to render Kim all humble thank^
and for what I aittairi to in the courfe of
my ftbdies, to give him the glory.

June 25. Eleven Hor. ante tnerid. the
Lady Maifa waring gave nie a ring enameleci
with black', whereon was' this pofy: * A
* true Friend's Gift/

2&. 7 Itor. 15 minutes ^^ merid. \
fell ill, and 10 Kor. 30 minxxti^s j^oj^ m^rid.
took my bed. I was pained in my head,
reins, thighs ; and taking a carduus poiTet
at night, and.fwxatihg upon it, I meiided.

July I. This day I was much pained
in my head and eyes.

12. I went towards London.

2 J. The Lady Mainwaring€atcre4 upon
her jointure-lands.

26. Ten Hbr. ante merid. I began to;
be fiqk, and 5 Hor. 1 5 minutes foji merid.
I took my bed : the difeafe happened to be
a violent fever.

30. Aboujt 2 Hor. po/i merid. (as I was
afterwards told) Mr. Humphry Staftbrdi,-
the Lady Mainwaring's fecond Ton (fuf-
pecting I fhould marry his mother) broke
into my chamber, and had like to have"^
killed me, but Chriftopher' Smith with-
X held

3o6 The LIFE of

held him by force ; for which ^11 perfons
exceedingly blamed him, in regard it was
thought I was near ' death, and knew
nobody. God be blefled for this deliver-
ance.

Aug. I . I was in the extremity of my
fever, fenfelefs and raging.

14. Being fomewhat mended of my
fever, I this day ^ot up. About this
time the Lady Mamwarmg fell into a
fever, and Captain Wharton had the
plague.

25. Was the firft day I went down
ftairs.

31. I was very faint and ill again.

Septemb. 2. I fell ill again, and be-
came light in my head.

9. I took a purge, which wrought very
ijv^cll, and mended.

28. I went to vifit the Lady Main-
waring.

' Gftob: 26. I fell fick of a quartan
ague, at Mr. Stafford's, having been in-
vited there to dinner.

Novem. n. I went towards London,
and came thither the next day by noon.

25. My ague left me.

30. The Lady Mainwarihg came to
live at her houfe at Brad field.

Dec. 16. Being much troubled with
phlegm, I took an opening drink from
Dr. Wharton.

1648;

ELIAS ASHMOLE, Es^. 307

1648. January 14. 1 went towards Brad-
field from London.

Feb. 25. I was very ill as I went to
Theale.

28. Very lick in the afternoon.
March 2. Being at Pangbome, J was

very ill there.

12. Captain Wharton taken in his bed
3 Hor. ante merid. he was carried to New-
gate, 6 Hor. poji merid.

May II. I entertained John Fox into
my fervice,

22. The Lady Mainwaring fealed me a
leafe of the parks at BradiSeld, worth
per ann.

June 6. Havingentered upon the ftudyof
plants, this day, about three of the clock,
was the firft time I went a fimpling. Dr.
Carter of Reading, and Mr. Watfington
an apothecary there, accompanying me.

29. The Lady Mainwaring fealed me
a leafe of the ' field mead, worth fifty
-poxxnAs per annum.

Auguft 26. Captain Wharton made an
efcape out of Newgate.

29. I began my journey towards Brif-
tol, with Mr. Hutchinfon.

3 1 . We came to Briftol.

Sept. 6. We returned to Bradfield.

October 23. Going towards London, I
was robbed in Maidenhead Thicket, 5 Hor.
poft merid.
^ X 2 Nov, 6.

^ I

3pi8, The LIFE op

Nov. 6. Having fevexal times before
made application to the Lady Mainwar-
i^g, in way of marriage; this day, ii
Hor. 7 minutes ante merid. (he promifed
me not to marry any map, unlefs myfelf.

lo. Two Hor. 15 minutes poji merid.
fhe iealed a contract of marriage tx> me.

15, I was fequeftered of my lands- in
Berkftiire.

21. The fcqueftration was taken off at
Reading.

Decemb. 5, 1649. The Lady Main-
waring was lequeftered by the committee
o^ Readings upon her fon Humfrey Staf-
ford's information.

•^Feb. i4* An order for receiving the
Lady Mainwaring's rents.

April 7. Eleven Hor. 30 minutes ant.
merid. I came to Mr. Watlington's houfe to
ta'ble, who was an apothecaiy in Reading,
and a very pood botanift.

.25. My journey to the phyfick garden
in Oxford.

•May 8.. I was godfather to Elias Yard-
ly at Reading.

June 3, '.Ihis afternoon I kiffed the
Duke of Glouceller and Elizabeth's hands,
at Sion Houfe.

Aug. 1 '. The aftrologers feaft jit Painters-
Hall,, wJiere I dined.

06lob. 16. I accompanied the Lady
Mainwaring to London.

31. The

ELfASASHMdlE, Esq^ '309

31. Hie astrologers feafl. ^

Nov. i6. Eight J¥<;r. ante mrid.^l
married the Lady Mainwafing. We were
married in Silver- 8[treet, London. \

20. I w^s arretted by Mr. Ives for niy
brother Mainwaring's debt.

21 . Captain Wharton was re-taken aiid
carried to prifon;

Decern. 19. I agreed with Mr. 'j^ifyne,
for .printing my Fafciculus Cheniicus.

21. I, firft began to learn to difleft a
body.

1650. Feb. 18. I met Mr. Ives, aild
we canie to an agreement.

June 3. Mr. Lilly and myfqlf, went to
vifit Dr. Ardee, at his houfe in the
Minories.

15. Myfelf, my wife, and Dr. Whar-
ton, went to vifit Mr. johh Tredefcant,
at South-Lambfeth.

2 r /' I and my wif? went towards ' BrM-
^eld.

22. Ten Hor. 30' minutes (inte merid^
we arrived there.

24/ Mr. Wiifi^iji Foriier and His Lady
-came to vifit us. ^' .J *

25. I and Captairi /Whartbri went tb
•vifit him at Rufhaii. / ' " .

26. Niiic Hor. /^ nifhtites p'oft\ merid.
w? arrived at Londoii;

July 2. ^\xHoy.j>9ji.mend.^ I was ferved
^{thay^/^*«^ «SirMnmfrey Fofftef 's fuitr

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3IO The LIFE 6f

29. Much troubled with the toothach
on my right fide.

Aug. 8. I being at the aftrologers feaft,
two Hor. poji merid. I was chofen fteward
for the following year.
.' Captain Wharton having been carried
to the Gate-Houfe the 21ft of November
laft, the next day after, I went to Mr.
Lilly, and acquainted him therewith, who
proteffed himfelf very forry, becaafe he
knew Bradftiaw intended to hang him;
and moft generoufly (forgetting the quar-
rels that had been between the Captain
and him) promifed me to ufe his infercft
with Mr. Bulftrode Whitlock (his patron)
to obtain his releafe. I thought it was
prudent to have my name then (as the
times ftood) not to appear in J)rint as the
inftrument that wrought Mr. Lilly to
do this kindnefs for him ; and therefore
in Captain Wharton's Epiftle to the reader
before his Almanack, in 1651, wherein
his publick acknowledgments are made
of Mr. Lilly's affiftance in this ftrait, all
jacknowledgments to me are omitted; tho'
in truth, I was the only perfon that
moved and induced, and conftantly io-
licited Mr. Lilly to perfeft his enlarge-
xnent : having at all times, f^cc my re-
turn to London, ^/rw 1646, befriended
Captain Wharton, not only in dilcovering
all defigns that I heard were laid again^

ELIAS ASHMOLE, Esq; 311

hhim, either at Mr. Lilly's or elfewherc,
but alfo affording him my purfe freely
and liberally, towards his fupport in many
neceflitous occafions. Upon Mr. Lilly's
application to Mr. Whitlock, he advifed,
that the Captain ftiould lie quiet, with-
out making the leaft complaint : and after
Chriftmas, when his being a prifoner was
almoft forgotten, Bradlhaw out of the
way, and Mr. Whitlock Chairman to the
council of ftate; Mr. Lilly having alfo
by this . time, made fome other of the
faid councU the Captain's friends (upon
his petition) he was difcharged ; no other
engagement being taken from him, but
that he would not thenceforward write
againft the Parliament or State. Here^
upon he became utterly void of* all fub-
iiftence (which whilft he was under trou-
bles, fome or other contributed unto,
befides/ what he got by writing againft
thofe times) and thereupon, coufulting
with me,, about a new courfe of life,
and how he might fubfift, I frankly of-
fered him my houfe at Bradfield in Berks,
f6r him, his wife and family, to live at,
with fome other advantages there ; which
he moft gladly and thankfully accepting^
he went thither, and paft his time with
quiet and comfort for the moft part, till
his Majefty was reftored to the Crown :
and hereupon he ftiled me in hi^s Alma-
X 4 nack

512 This LIPP ^of

*nack for the year 16x3, his • Oaken
• Friend/ ' ^^'

Aug. 13. I bought of Mr. Milboqrn
all his books and mathematical inftru-
ments.

14. Eight fli?r. 70 minutes pq^ merid.
I bought Mr, Hawkins's books,

Oftober 18. i put in a plea and demiif
to Sir Humphrey Fprfter's bill.

Nov. I • My coufin Bridget Smart (only
daughter tq my pncle Anthony Boyyryerj
was buried.

12. I agreed with Mr. Lyfter for hif
houfe in Black Friars,, where I afterwards
dwelt.

23. Two Hor. tofi merid. he fealed xsA
a leafe of the faid houfe ^t fqrty-four
pounds //r a«/?.

' 26. Pg/? m&id. I came thither to
dwcU.

1 65 1. Jan. I. I fell into a great loofcr
nefs, which turned into a fever, but
mended next day.

7. Captain Wharton returned fr^^
Bir^dfield, whether I fent him to receive
my rents^

16. Four Hor. poft merid. my demurrcf
againft Sir Humfriey Forfter's bill was ar-r
^ed, and held good,
' 22. Abput this time my left fide of my
,neck began to break forth^ occafioned
by fh^ving my beard with a had razor.
I ■ ' ^ ^ ' '" • "' ' a2«

EI,Uf AS-JHMOLE, Esq, ^15

2a/AbQi*t this time I grew metan-
choUy an4 dull, and heavyln my limSs
f nd back.

About this time I i>€;gan to learn . feaj^:
graying, cafting in fand, and goldfmith*
work.

Feb. I. Thrpe Hor. 30 minutes pojl
florid. I agreed with Mrs. Backhoufe of
f^ondpn, for h?r deceafed huib^nd's bodes.

March 7. I went to Maidftone with*
Pr. Child the phyiiciaru And 3 ilor*
poji mcrid. I JSirft became acquainted with
I)r. Flood.

18. This night my maid's bed was pit
jpfCi. but I rpft quickly (and thanks to
God) quenched it.

VVpril 3. Foji merid. Mr. William Back-
lioufe of Swallpwfield in com. Berks,
(■aufed me tp call him father thencefor-
ward.

26. Five Hor. 39 minutes poft merid ^
pty father Backhoufe brought me ac-
quainted with the Lqrd Ruthin, who wai
^ moft ingenious perfon.

June 10. Mr. Backhoufe told me I
muft now needs be his fon, becaufe he
hgd coxumunicjted fp many lecrets to
xne.

July 21. I gave Mr. Grifmond my 7>6if-
qtrum Cbemicum Britanmcum to ppnt.

Auguft 1 1 . Captain Wharton went to
receive my rents at Bradfield.
.:■ Aug. 14,

'jT^ The life or

AuguJEk 14. The Aftrologcrs feaft at
Painters Hall, London.

This night about one of the clock, I
fell ill of a farfeit, occaiioned by drinking
water after venifon. I was greatly op*
preffed in my ftomach ; and next day Mr.
Saunders the Aftrologian fent me a piece
of Briony root to hold in my hand ; and
within a quarter of an hour, my ftomach
was freed of that great oppreffion, which
nothing which I took from Dr. Wharton
could do before.

About this time my brother Peter Main-
waring's wife died.

September 11. Captain Wharton went
to receive my rents.

. 22. Mr. Vaughan began to engrave the
pictures in Norton's Ordinal. He wrought
and finifhed all the cuts for my ^heatnm
Chemicum Britannicum^ at my houfe in
Black-Friars.

30. Captain Wharton arretted : I and
Mr. Grifmond, bail.

Oftober 9. My father Backhoufe and I
went to fee Mr. Goodier, the great bo-
tanift, at Petersfield.

20. Mr. Lilly gave me feveral old aftro-
.logical manufcripts.

November 10. About foul- poji meril
my wife's eldcft fon, Mr. Edward Stafford;
died.

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ELTAS ASHMOtt:, Es<i,^3f5

ii.X-zvi poji meridf he- was buried in
Bradfield church.

12. Sir John Backhoufe of Swdlow-
field's widow died. ^.

December 7. Two bar. poft merid. Dr.
Paget lent me feveral Chymical manuf-
^cripts: and here began my acquaintance
with him.

19. I fcnt Captain Wharton to receive
my rents at Bradfield,

1652.. January 21. The gum at the
back end of the right fide of my upper
jaw cleft ; and about nine bor. poji mtrii.
I felt a new tooth coming up.

26. Six bor. poJi merid. the firft copy of
my Tbeatrum Cbemicum Britannicum was
fold to the Earl of Pembroke.

29. Ten bor. ante merid. Mr. Lilly gave
me his pifture in oil colours, of which
there never had been copy taken.

February 11. Two bar. forty-five mi-
nutes poJi merid. the ftatute of 3000/. and
Mr. Stafford's c6unterpart of his leafe of
my wife's jointure was delivered to me, by
direftipn of Sir Arthiu" Mainwaring's lady,
who had been trufted with it.

About this time I began to learn He-
brew of Rabbi Solomon Frank.

March i. I fell fick of the headach
and a cold, which continued five weeks.

8. Six bar. fifteen minutes ante merid.
Dr. Wharton let me blood.

%t6 - ' TikXTFft h^

. Kj, This mottling my fathct* Backhbufc
opened himfclf very freely, tcmching the
great fecret.

April 9. I paid my-maft John FoxWs
wages, and dilcharged him of my fcrricc.

12. This morning I received morefa-
tisfa6lion from my. father Backhoufe, to
the queftions I propofed,
^ I knt Captain Wharton to Bridfield to
receive my rents.

27. I went to the feflions at Newbury,
where Colonel Evclin, governor of Wal-
lingford . (being fet on by Sir Humfrey
Forfter) was exceeding bitter againft mk,
to the wonder of the whole court,
. May 28. The inquifition upon my fta-
tute of 3000/. was found at Maidenhead,
' I and Hiy wife tabled this fummer at
Mr. Tradeicant's.

June 14. u Hot. nnte merid. Dr. Wil-
kins and Mr; Wren came to vifit me at
Black Friars : this was the firft time \
faw the doilor.

23. Captain Wharton was fent to re-
ceive my rents ; and July 16, brought to
wife and family to Bradfield.

Auguit 2. I w^nt to Maidftone aflizes
to hear the witches tried, and took M^
Tredefcant with me.

16. I went towards Chefhire.

26. Dfi Wharton feU fick of a violent
and dangerous- fever about noon,

1%.

ELIA;S)ASHMDLEJ Esci, j.v%

2 8". t drrivqd; at Gtwf fwprth, . wt ere my
father-in-law, Mr. Mainwaring tbsaX
lived. ' ' ^ .: '

Septemhet n . Yojmg John Trefcfcaiit
died.

1 5. He was buried In Lambeth Church-
yard by his grandfather. " -

^3. LtQ^K ai JQiirneyafatcr the Peak^ iw
fearch of plants, and other Cjuriofities^

27. I clime to Mni John .Tompfiwi's,
who dwelt near Dove Bridg'^; he^ufed^a,
pgtjl,: and. had refp<infes4ha fcpft voice He
told me Dr, Wharton was recowring.front
his ficknefs, and fo it proved.

Qftobor. 2» L cwic to Litchfield.:

3. Mr. Anthony Diot nKDrixd me to re-
ftr controverfy.between me and my imcle
Thomas Afhmole. ;

13. Mydfaid todA. qmtted has. tklfe to
me, which pretended to my houfe. in:
Litchfield, and, fcaled-±Qinei4ideed of: l^r-
gain andiale. t

14. He alfo fealod meva .rdeafe^ andi
gave me pcgfieffion.

November 2. T qmv hor.poft merid^. I re-*
turned Xq London, and. in an.hour after to
my houfe.

- 3. Mr. Lilly called . before the com-
mittee of plundered minifteLS, and com-'
mitted.

20. My wife went again ;to Mr. Tlredef^
cant'$, to^ftay fame time thece.:

21.

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21-1 difchai^^ my man Hobs of my
fervice.

December 14. I was ferved with ^fuh-
pcma at Sir Humphry Fofter's fuit, three
bor. forty minutes/^ mertd.

15. His bill was hied.

18. My fifter Mrs. Dorothy Main-
waring came to live with my wife eleven
bor. ante tnerid.

She ftaved with her but till the 1 6th of
January following.

January 13, 1653. I held a court at
Bradfield, as lord of that manor.

Mr. Anthony Brook of Sunning was my
fteward. Sir Humphrey Forfter coming
thither, I arrefted him.

17. My wife left Mr. Tredefcant's, and
came to Mr. Flint's.

March 18. The Ailrologers feaft was
held.

April 8. Dr. Langbaine, provoft of
Queen's College, fhewed me Mr. Selden's
letter to him, wherein he faid, he fhould
be glad to be acquainted with me ; for he
found by what I had publifhed, that I was
affedted to the furtherance of all good
learning.

20. This morning I firft became ac-
quainted with Arife Evans, a Welch pro-
phet i and Ibeaking of the Parliament, 1
afkediiim wnen it would end? He an-
fwered, the time was fhort, and it was

even

ELIAS ASHMOLErEsQ^ 319

even at the door. This very morning at
eleven of the clock, the m^ce was taken
away from the Speaker, and the Parlia-
ment diflblved ; and I cpnjefture it was
iTiuch about the time that Arife Evans and
I had this difcourfe.

May 12.. Three hor. pofi merid. My
coufm William Aftimole came to London* :
He went to Mr. Sidley upon trial.

13. My father Backhoufe lying fick in-
Fleet-ftreet, over againfi St. Dunftan's,
church; and not knowing whether he
fhould live or die, about eleven of the;
clock, told me, in fyllables, the true mat-
ter of the Philofophers Stone, vvhich he*'
bequeathed to me as a legacy.

June 2 1 . I agreed with Dr. Bathurft for
the remaining years> in my houfe at Black-
Friars.

July 25. Nine i&d?r. .thirty minutes, I
was nrft acquainted with Mr. Selden ;
who ufed me very courteoufly, and en-
couraged me in my fludies.

Auguft 8. Eight hor. thirty minutes
ante merid. I began my voyage with Dr.
Carver into Cornwall, he going thither to
open a mine for the Lord Mohun.

17. Nine hor. poji merid. yft came to
Brecknock.

September 12. Nine hor. fifteen minutes
^oji merid. we returned to London.

0(5iober

^« :• *fiir LIFE x>ir-

'CfiftoW i; Seven bor. pbfi fnerU. I M'
beanie acquainted* with Mr; Ogilby*

4. I was troubled with the toothach:
Major Rufwell, (Df. BitKilrit's apothe-
cfeli^) ftopped it,

16. Sir John Heydon, lieutenant 0^
tfie ordhancie to King Charles the ift, and
my worthy friend died*

November 18. My aunt Bowyer, wife
tb my uncle Ahtirony Bowyer, was bu-
ried.

20. 1 Was again troubled with the'tooth-
aifch for three days,

23. My good friend and neighbour Dr.
Wimberley> minifter of Ertglefield' in
Berkfhire, died.

' 25* He was buried at St, Margaret's in
Weftminfteri where formerly -he had been
parfon.

This day I bound my coiifin William
Afhmole an apprentice to Mr. Clothier, a
fadler-. ^

1654. January 21. Doflror Wharton
began his leflure at the Phyfician'S College
I o hof. ante merid.

« February 6. Hie hearing :|n''Chancefy
came on, wherein Sir Humphrey Forfter
was plaintiff' againft me. As foon as niy
anfwer was opened, it was referred to Mr.
Ghaloner Chute my counfel to* determine.
. March - 1 1; 4 -Hor. pofi' merid. M^

Chute figned his award.

l6.

ELIAS ASHMOLE, Esr^ 321

16. In purfuance whereof I received
from Sir Humphrey Forfter 3 50 A 11 kar.
anteMerid. '^ ,

February 2. I acquainted Do(ftor Whar-
ton with my fecret for the cure of the
Miaca pajjio ; and he apphed it this morn-
ing to Mr. Faithorne the graver, and it
cured him.

July 3. My wife went to lodge at Mr.

17* I came to Litchfield.

22. I returned thence.

Auguft 22. Aftrologers feaft.

24. I made a journey to Canterbury/
Dover, &c. ,

September i* I returned to London.

15. I went to vifit Mr. Gughtred, the
famous mathematician*

28. I received 300/. from Sir Hum^
phrey Forfter.

. Oa. 7. Mr. William Floyd's firft wife
(was) buried at Swallowfield in Berkflurc.
. November 24. 6 Hor. poft Merid* iny
good father-in-law Mr. Peter Mainwaring
died at Gawfworth.

December 8. Doftor Pordage Was ptit
out of Bradfifild living* By his removd it
fell to me to prefent, and knowing the
WQfth and .learning of Mr. Floyd (then
living with my father Backhoqfe, as tutor
to. his children) I refolvcdto bfeftow it up-
on him ; and thereuppn fent for him up

Y ' ^ to

52^ THt LIFE OF

to London, and on the i8th acquainted
him with my intention.

30. I figned a prefentation to him. He
Was examined by the Tryers, and paffed
with approbation : But defigns being laid
againft him by Mr. FoWler and Mr. Ford,
:both minifter;s of Readings who endea-
voured to bring in Doftor Temple, fup-
pofing Sir Humphrey Forfter had right of
prefentation, he thought better to rcfigfn
his prfefentation to me, than to undergo a
conteft with thofe men.

1655, March 30. Hereupon I prefent-
xd one Mr. Adams, who, having a Jiving
of 140/. per anti. and finding he rouft
undergo a conteft with thofe that oppofed,
Mr, Floyd thought fitter to keep his t)wn
living, than part with it in hopes of a far
better. -

November 28. The peace between Eng-
land and France was proclaimed at Weft-
jsiinfter loJfor. 45 minutes aniemerii.

1656. And at 1 1 hor. 45 minutes itwas
ploclaimedat White-Hall.

April 17. Archbifhop of Arma^ (was)
^Iraried. .

May 23. Firft fhowdt^ir William Da-
venant?s^apera*

June 26. I fell fick^.and had agreat
: looieitefsv -

July. Ill this month I. was troubki
with agreat-pain in my right -breaft.^ ^'

12.

ELIAS ASHMOLE, Esq^ 323

tZijJi paid A(tf*^ Faithojcne 7 A for en-
graving my pidlure.
'^^^gXiA. i. Jo^^ney to Mr. Stprill^ in

7. Colonel Wharton canifi home upon
feis parole.

29. i (igned and fealed my pFefentation
for Bradfield living to Mr. L^ticdot Smith
6 Adr. 15 minutes a^temerid. ^ni4 d«livere|i
k tp rthe committee* .

This man, after* fome coijteft, enjoyed
Ih;? living J and die right o^ prefentatiort
beiilg aC^owledgi^d to be mine^ I had np
faither i^ouble* ^

This !day the/^Aiirolojgert fefltft w^

;Se|iUnib€r 4* ;, Confin —• *-^ Tj^LOitipibj^
(was; chriftenedv

II . L went tdwardg Litchfield*

Jjr.Al^put 9 igr. ij«i^^ ^m^/. J- ^dJ(V
4irft to. Mr. DugdiOe's at Blyth-l^dll.

Q^t^ojbeT 94 I retu^^ed tp London*

Dpcigpa^er 19^ I went towards J^lythr*
HalL ";

^i6^|[* Jan«dr3t,i4* toJS&r. 4o6^|ites
4intfi}^ri^i I f^tun^d to London*

February 22. MyCoufln EverardMain-
rWarijigrcJied. iV^aroh. 27* I went tqwardfl
Blyjh^H?ih

Ajiril :4p. v5 Hor.ppft mend. I bru^ied
iny. great toe with, the fall of a greaj
form*

Y i May

3*4 The L I t' E of

May 2. 7 Hor. ante merid. I Tettifned
to London.

19. I accompatiied Mr. Dilgdak'Ul lus
journey towards the Fens 4 Hor. 30 mi-
nutes ante merid. *

June 3. 9 £r<7r. 30 minutes ahte^eril
ive came to York.

July 7. 6 Hor. 45 minutes afite'menL
1 returned to London.

September 2 2 . I fell ill of the toioih-acb,
which continued , three days . - '

Oftober 8. The caufe betweari mc and
itty wife was heafd, -where Mr. Serjeant
Maynard obferved to the court that there
#ere- 800 Sheets of ddpofitions n^n'my
wife's part, and not one word proyd
^gainft me of ufing her ill, nor ie'vfer'giwig
her a bad or provoking word,

9. The Lordsf GomftiilSoneW having
^ouild;no caufe for allowing my 'wife ali-
mony; did, 4. bar. f»?/i^merid.' dtli^tv ntj
wife to me ; whereupof? 1 carried hcf to
IWrJ Lilly's, and there^totdc Iddgiiigs for
us both.

Novetriber II. 2 Hor. it mintil^p/
merid. I was adimtted o**the Miodte
1 emple* ■ -- ' / \ . .

December I. hho4tn<> hori'ipj^^^
poji merid. it thundered and^ l^hteneo>
and at this time was the writ fealed fi>^
^urhmens^'^o-the-neW Lords of the f^'^
liament, 2

ELIAS A«M]y[OLE,. Esq. 325

. ,22. I arid my wife came toward^ Al-
hxxsy. .

28. I went to London ;

29/ And thence towards Blyth-Hall.
. » I ^58. January 1 5. I came to Bradfield.

19. I returned to Albury.

March 30. I 4incd with the Florida
Embaffador at Mr. Martin Noell's.

May 7. I firjft went to the Record-
Office in the Tower, to colieft materials
for: my work of the Garter.

9. I was ftruck by a coach-horfe, on
the infide of my left thigh.

June 12. I firft became acquainted with
Sir Roger Twifden,

July 27. 4 Hor. poft mertd. I went to-
wards Warwickftiire and Staffordfhire/ In
this journey I vifitjsd Sir Thomas Leigh,
Sir Harvey Bagot; Sir Richard Lewfon,
and the Earl of Denbigh.

Auguft 21. I returned to London,

November j 3. I was entprred into Mr.
Henfhaw's chamber in the Middle Tem^
pie, which I bpught of, him for j 30 A
being; admitted to it this dq^y 7 hor, 30
minvtes ante meri^, / .

^ ijftl If^Ti'i^^ n^inutes iznf^emerid. I
brought my goods thither, and 2 hor. poji
meridi -came th^ feft. , .

1659. May 24. I became acquainte4
witl) Mr; Scipio Squire,

."'....'"■* c:.^ K'. ' *. • . ■

Y 3 ?5»

p6 TffE LtfE 6f

2 c. I went to Windfor, and took^ Mr.
Hollar with mc to take views of thd
caftle.

July 2. Was the Antiquaries feaft.

Auguft i6. I came' ta Roe-Barnes, to
table there.

21. My Study was broken up by the
foldiersv upon pretence of fearching f^
the King, but I loft nothing out of it.

06lober 2. Mr. John Watlingtoli, art
apothecary of Reading, arid an a[ble bo-
tahift (my verv good friend) was buried.

5. Mr. Lilly received a gold chain* frofli
the King of Sweden.

November 2. Was the AftrologerS
feaft.

December 12. Mr. Tredefcaiit and his
Wife told me they had been long confid^r-'
ing upon whom to beftow thdr clofet of
curiofities when they died, and at laft had
refolved to give it unto md.

14. This afterhboit they gav6 their
ferivener inftrufftoris to draw a deed of
gift of the faid clofet to me.

J 6. 5 H&r. 70 miiiutess s$fi merid. Mr.
Tredefcant and his wife teated and deli^
vered to Me the deed of |ift of alP his ra-
rities.

1660. Januairy 3; My uncle Anthony
Bovifyer died.

March 2. I went into Wafwickdiird*

April J I, I returned to London,

Juno

ELIAS ASHMOLE, Esq^ 327

Jiine- 6. 4 Hor. 15 minutes pcift merid.
I firft became acquainted with Sir Edmund
Walker Garter-

16. 4 Hor. poft merid. I firft kifled the
King'? hand, beiHg introduced by Mr,
Thomas Chiffinch. -

18. 10 Hor. ante merid. was the feeond
time I had the honour to difcourfe with
the King, and then he gave me the place
of Windfor Herald,

22. This dajr the warrant bears date. •

About this timer the King appointed m^
to make a defcription of his medals, and
Ihad them delivered into my hands, and
Henry the VHIth's clofet affigned for my
ufe.

July 19. This morning Mr. Secretary
Morris told me the King had a great kind-
nefs for me.

Auguft 6. Mr. Ayton, the King's chief
gentleman-uflier came to me into the
clofet, and told mfe, the- King had eom-r
manded that I fhould have my diet at
the waiters table, which I aecordingl)^

had:

10. The Officers at Arms took th^
aaths, and myfelf among them^ ^s Wind-f
for Herald.

14. This afternoon was the firft ptib-%
lick nieeting of the Officers at Arms in thQ
Herald's Office, --

Y4 tin

3^8 The H F E of

2 1 . I prcfented the King with the three
books I had printed* viz. Fq/cicu/us Cbe^
micus, ^beatrum CAemicum, and The Way
to Biifs.

September 3. My warrant (igned for the
Comptroller's Office in the Excife.

17. I delivered my faid warrant for the
Excife to the Commiflioners of Appeals.

Oftober 24. 5 Hor. foft merid. I came to
the Excife Office, and took poffeffion of
the Comptroller's Qffice,

November 2. I was this night called to
the bar in the Middle Temple Hall.

7. I had my admittance to the bar in
the faid hall.

December 28. I took my oath, as
Comptroller of the Excife before Baron
Turner.

1 66 1. January 15. I was admitted a
member of the Royal Society 4t Grefliam
College,

February 9/ A ws^rrant was figned by
the King tor my being Secretary of Su-
rinam in the Weft Indies.

April 3. My patent for ComptroUerihip
of the Ejcci^ bi?ar^ tefte.

13. The King gave my Lord Chamber-
lain order, to fettle me as the firft Herald,
in cafe any difpute ftiould happen.

Mjiy. J 6. The granf of Arms tp IPC

frpm Sir Edward Byfh Clarencieux besJS

d^te,

June

ELIAS ASHMOLE, EsQ^ 329,

'June 2^. John Wdlfti was fwom tny
depaty-w

-'November 6. Mr, Thomas Chiffinch
dined at my chamber in tlie Middle Tem-
ple. '

' July 1 2.^ I chriftened Mr. Battler the
goldfmith's fon, William.

1662. January 26, I paid in 50/. the
half of my Royal Prefent to the King.

March 5. I fent a fet of Services and
Anthems to Litchfield^ cathedral, which
coft me 16/; * ' '

April 22. Mr. John Tredefcant <fied.

May 29. I was made one of the Com-
iftiffionerS^for recovering the King's goods.

May 30; My FAther Backhoufe died this
evening arSwallowfield. '

This EaftVi^'Ttrm I preferred a bill in
Chanceiy agaitift Mb. Tredefcant, for
the rarities her hufband-had fettled on me.

June ly, About 3 Ho^. poji merid. the
Commiffioners for the office of Earl Mar-
fhalfirft fat in Whitehall:-'

This afternoon my father Backhoufe
was buried in Swallowfield church.

29. II Hor. 36 minutes ante merid. \
firft kiffed the Queen's hand.

Auguft. I accompanied Mr. Dugdak
in his vifitation of Derby and Notting-
hamfhires.

9. I bought Mr. TumJpemine's intereflf
in the leafe of Homerich lands,
r -^ Sep-

^o - 'The life OF'

September, I paid the other half of my
Royal prefcnt to the King, viz. 50/.

December 5. Ichriftened Capt^n Whar-
tsflk's daughter, Anne.

i<^63. March. I accompanied Mr. Dug-
4^ in his vifitation of . StafSbrdihire
^d Derbyftiire.

. May. Towards the end of this month
I chriftencd Mr. Timothy Eman's fon of
Windfor.

27. I fell ill of a feverifh diftemper.

July 6. I went towards Oxford, at-
tending the body of Archbiftiop juxon.

Auguft 3. 9 Har. ante merjd. I began
my joumey to accompany Mr. Dugdak in
his vifitations of Shroplhire and Cheihire.

Oftober 10. I returned to London.

November 2 1 . Mr. Povey brought the
Earl of Peterborough to my chamber.

1^64. January v<). Mr* Thomas fifft
prcMnifed me a place in the White Oiffice.

February 5. The Benchers of thp Mid-
dle Temple granted me an afllgnment of
va^ chamber in the Middle Temple,

8. My picture was drawn by IVIr. \A
Neve in my Herald's coat.

12. Mr. Dugdalefell fickof a fever.
^\'}2'* Jt gave 2o/. towards the repair of
Litchfield minfter.

March 17. I chriftened Secundum fon to
MU-yLacy th& Comedian^

EI.IAS ASHMOLE; Esq. jjf

May 1 8, My caufccamc to bearing in
Chancery ggainft Mrs. Tredefcant.

Jime 17. I gave fivie volumes of Mr*
Dugdale's Works to thcTempfe' Library,
and had this acknowkdgment.

ParUamentum Untum tytb £e yuniir
1664.

• Ordered that Mr. Aflraiok of the uf-

* ter bar have thek Mafterfhips thanks for

* the books now prefented by him to their
< Mafterfhips for the library.'

27. The White Office was evened,
wherein I was Comptroller.

July 1 6. I having bought the third part
ef my chamber upon the death of Mr.
Perrot, the bench thb day gave me ax>
afiignment of it.

Au^uft 9. Grand day at the reading in
the Middle Tctople, whereat I was one of
the Stewards.

1665. February 8. About 8 Hor. ante
mifid. Mr. Thomas gave a warrant of
attorney to confefs a judgment to me of

f20O/. ^ .

17. Sir Edward Bifli fealed his deputa^
6on of me for vifiting Berkihire.

May 1 1. I began to make my vifitation
ef Berkfhire at Reading.

Auguft 26. 1 went towards Blyth Hall.

This

33? The life or ^

This year about 15 of July (the plague
cncreafing) I retired to Roe Barnes, and
the following winter corapbfed a good
part of my work of the Garter there.

*i666, January 17. 1 beftowed on the
Bailiffs of Litchfield a large chafed filver
bowl and cover^ which coft me 23 1. 8 s.
6d.

June. I prefentedthe publick library at
OMord with' three folio volumes, contain-
ing a dcfiiription of the Confular and Im-
perial Coins there, which I had formerly
made and digefted, being all fairly trail-
fcribed with my own hand. In acknow-
{idgmenit of which the following was en-
tred in the regifter of benefa6i:ors :

Elias Aftimole armiger, & Regius F^
cialis de Windeforey vir prafianttjitnus & rd
antiquaria periti/fimusy accuratijjimum anti*
quorum Numifmatum Laudentium Catah^tm
in tria. volumina diftrihutum concinnavit, &
Bibliothecce Bodleiatfa dono dedit,

Auguft. This month I went to Blyth
Hall, and returned the fame month,

September 2. The dreadful fire of Lon->
don begaii;

October 4, I IJor. 30 minutes fofi'
merid. fome of my books, carried to my
coufin Moyfe's, wepe p^turned to mj^cham'*
ber at the Temple,

ELIAS ASHMOLE, Esq^ .333

II. I Hor. 30 minutes ^g^ meridimj
firft boatful of books, whicn were carried
to Mrs. Tredefcant's the 3d of September,
. were brpught back to the Temple.; '

i8. 4-JPq/i meriH. all the reft of :my
things -were brought thence to thd Tfem-
ple.

1667. May 21. I bought Mr. John
Booker's ftudy of bodks, and gave ijysL
for th6niv . : . .

July 16. I went to Warwickftiire;,'. ' ':

24. I Returned to London. .

31. I went ag^n towards: Warwick-
(hire. -^ .• • ■• '-.:!:•' : ./^

Auguft it\ I returned to Roc BapAesI

November 25. 1 took a leafe of file
Moggs in Litchneld from the Bailiffs,; aA4
this day paid 20/. part of 4o/.finee-.' : /a
; 1668. ]f&nuary i J .; I paid to Mr.ilotr-
lins 20I. the remaining part of niy fine
for the-Moggs at Litcifiekl.

April I. 2 Hor. ante merid. theiLady
Mainwaring, my wife/I died. . ,

25/ Mr. Jofeph Wvlliamfon and i Dr.
Thomas Smith (afterwaitis Bifhop cf fiar-
lifle) dine^ with me at m^ tehamber lA the
• Tenhple. • '• . • :^ Sv- ' ; ."--L

June o. 5 If{fr. ^pofi merid. the Lords
Commimoners of the Ti?eafury apptoiirfed
me to execute the Office of AccomptaBit
General in the Elcciie aiid Country Ac-
comptant. . Vi :. ^ > *'

15-

J34 '^»£ LIFE or

i$. 5 H&r. poft meridi tfe^ ipp^ipted
me to execute me place of CoUn^ A<-
.cconpfeant in the Excifei

Augjift lo. I went towards Blyth JHfJI*
'2b. I returned to 'London.

JBeptemhcr 4* 7 Hor. 30 mm^te^ <i»!f^
jwm^. I concluded with Mr. Laurenc.efor
his houTe in Shire Lane. At 7 ^r. fofi
. «mi/. he fealcd Jhisaflfignment to mt.

16. Dodlor Currer, the Chymical PJij-
fician, my moft entire friend, .dipd.

Oftober jr. He was buried at, St* Cle-

^.ment Danes; .aad Dr. Wittiam Floyd

preached his funeral fermon November i.

November 3. i Harried Mrs. Elizabetii
Dugdale, daughter tP William .D«gdalc,
.Efq. Norroy King of Arms, at liftcolrfs
Inn Chapel. Dr. ^William Floyd married
us, and her father gUVe her. The weeing
was finifhed at 10 hr. pqji mrUi

December %^ Dofl:or William Flcwd
narrkd. / . ...

29* Juftihiail Pigitt, Efqr died.

1669. January a. Mr. Juftidtifttt Pagitt
w^ liuded at St. iGites's ih the fi^i

April 15. Mr; Rofe, the King's Gstf-

dener, and myfelf, went to Mrs; "T.re^ef-

Cant's, and then<ie tK> .Captain .Earfter's at

. SouA; . Lambcthy: ^liere Ifirft.was ic-

- jquaiMed with hxinV ■

• . . r7^\Mr:» Qhtenhurgh (S«cr^^ to tie

Royal Society) fent me a letter, .that Coujit

:-: Maga-

ELIAS ASHMOLF, Esq^ 335

^agalotti would vifit me at ray chamber,
JErom the Primce of Tuibany- '{

> 19. Count Magalotti. and twol:other
^ndemen of the Prince of Tuibany !s
zchief attendants, came to.myrchanifoersto
fee my library and coins.

27. I .felt the firft totich of the gout,
in my great toe, on my icft- f oot, .and in
imy left fore-finger.

. June 5. I and my wife went to Hccfiiam
to vifit Mr.Xiliy-

► 14. We returned to London. . . . :
. . July 6^ 1 went towards- Oxford.

9. The pofleffion of the Thratre (bnilt
by Dr. Sheldcn Archbifliop of Canterfaitf^
was taken by the Vice Chancellor.

I received the honour of being jnade a
Doctor of Phyfick at Oxford.

Auguft 1 1. I and my wife went again
to Mr. Lilly's. .

22. ^ir William Backhoufe of Swallow*
field died.

September 3. 1 retmned J^ London from
Mr. Lilly's.

Mrs. Dorcas Pagitt, wife to Juftiniaa
^agitt> £fq. was buried.

21. I went towacds Swallowfi^d tt>
^erve at ^ecfoneral of Sir iWillkm .BacK^
houfe. I

i . 28. He was buried at.S«alIowfickl.

29. iict aleafe of tibmetix:h lands rfp
H. Aldricli for feven years^

No-

336 The LIFE of*

. Novemb, 3. This evening Dr. Yates,
Principal of Brazen-Nofe College, pre*
fentod me \iith a diploma from the uni-
verfity of Oxford, for my degree of Doc-
tor of Phyfick^- between fix ^md feven at
night.

/ About the iniddle of December, my
j^rifendfhip began to be r^ndw&l with Dr.
Wharton, which had been difcontinued
ibr many years, by reafon of his unhand-
ibme and unfriendly dealing with me.

1 670. March 14.: I beftowed a grave-
ftone on Mr. Booker formerly, and this
day paid for it: it had this infcription in
^aptal letters.

*. , .' ' Ne obiinxte^ne cwUrentun uma

Johannis Bookeri AJlVologi
i- - : . ^^^^ qui fati teffit \ ^ ' . •

VI/^ J^/iE^/ Aprilis, Anno CtriJH JuKano^
^ . :. . .:.MDCLXVII.., ..'

Hoc UK pofuit amor is monumAitum. '"
./...... . JSfias. Aftimole :

Armiger.

.J,

1 6 . I was entertained by Mo^fieur Liott-
^bei5gv the Swedifh. Envoy... ./.' v
-V. g*. :i ^otoamed. the . 'King*^ ^ warrant «>
my book of the Garter.

JVlay 5.-ThoZEaii;of Anglefeii vifited
vaia:at>my xhamho: ih the Ttit]^le.

ELIAS ASHMOLB, Esq^ 337

* 10. I din?d at Sir Charks Cotterel's
with the Danifh Envoy, and after dinner
they went to my chamber in the Temple;
where I fo fatisfied the Envoy touchirtg
the King of Sweden's precedence in thp
Order before his mafter s, that he there-
upon waved the further profecution of
that affair,

June 22. Captain Burgh, my old aq-
quaintance, died.

July 5. The Lord Hatton, my much
honoured friend> died this morning.

I fell ill of a furfeit ; but thanks be to
.God, I recovered the next day,

9, I dined with the Swedifh Envoy.;

27. Sir Gilbert Talbot, Mafter of tte
Jewel Houfe, and Mr. Jofeph William-
fon, dined at my chamber in the Temple-

Auguft 19* Six Hor. poji merid. my
coufia Moyfe of Tottenham, died.

24. Myfelf and wife went to Captain
Wharton's, at Greenwich.

Sept. 25. Eleven Hor. 30 minutes ante
merid. I became acquainted with the
Count de Monroux, Envoy from the Duke
qf Savoy.

Ofl:ob. 8. I moved my Lord Arch-
bifhop of Ganterbiiry for a licence for
Mr. Lilly, tp pradtife phyfick ; which he
granted.

Nov. 18. I fell ill of the gout, in my
great toe on the right foot.

Z 20.

338 The life of

20. I blfd with leeches, and was Well
the next morniligi

1671; Jah. 9; My fitter Dugdale died.

13; I became acquainted with Mr* Pe-
ter Arnold the Chymift.

April 4. My brothei* Dugdale married
to Mrs. Pigeon.

Mav 16. I let a leafe of my houfe in
Litchheld, to Mr, Edmund Falkingham,
for 7 years.

July 2b. I went towards Blyth*Hall
With my wife.

51. I came to Litchfield.

Aug. 10. I and my wife went to Litch-
field, where we were entertained by the
Bailiffs at a dinner, and a great banquet.

15. We went to the Earl of Denbigh
at Newnham.

18. Four Hor. pojl merid, I arrived at
London.

Sept. 21. I vsrent again towards Blyth-
Hall.

Oftob. 5. I came to Litchfield, where
I met my brother Mainwaring.

16. I and n\y wife returned to London.

19. My brother Mainwaring came to
London.

Decettib. 7. My brother Mainwaring
took his oath as one of my deputies: fo
did Mr. Street.

1672* Jan. 24. I was entertained at
dinner by the Venetian Agent.

ELI AS i^SHMOLE, Esc^. 339

^ May 8. Two Hor. 40 minutes, pojl
merid. 1 prefented'my book of 'the Garter
to the King. - ' '

July 20. I and my wife went to Mr.

Lilly's, wherewe flayed tillSeptember the ad.

Aug. 20. My good friend Mr. Wale^

fent me Dr. Dee's .original books and

papers.

Septi 14. The Earl of Peterborough
having about June, by the Duke of York's
command, called at my . chamber in the
Temple, for one of my books of the Garter,
to carry to the Duke, then at fea; the
Duke received it with much pleafure, and
the Earl believed he had read it all over.

27. Mr. Philip Floyd's patent pafTed
the Great Seal for the reverfion of my
office of Comptroller of the Excife.

06tob. 12. Ten Hor. 30 minutes ante
merid. I fprained my right foot.

17. The Earl of Peterborough pre-
fented me to the Duke of York, who
told me he had read a great part of my
book; that I had done a great deal of
honour to the Order of the Garter; that
I had taken a great deal of pains therein ;
and deferved encouragement, 9 Hor. 20
minutes ante merid.

Decemb. 17. Being at the Treafury
chamber, the Lord Treafurer Clifford very
courteoufly invited me to his lodgings in
the court.

Z z 26,

34^ Th« life of

2d. i wait^ dithim^- and was received
ivith grtat kindficfs.

23. The Earl of Briftol gave great
comtiiendations of my book; and faid, 'he
^ thought the Knights of the Garter were
f obliged to prefent me with fomc con-
^ fiderable gift, add that himfcif wouM
* move it/

1673. Jan II. This evening I fat with
the Lord Trcafurer two hours.

27. Ten Hor. 49 minutes ante.mml
the Earl of Bedford gave his approbation,
with great commendation of my book of
the Garter,

. Feb. 3. Ten Hor. ^o rmnntQS afite meriL
1 delivered my petition to the Earl of Ar*
lington, for the cuftom of paper, widi a
defire of his opinion about it. He an-
' fwered, it was but a reafonable reqiieft»
and he would confer with the Lord Trea-
furer about it, before he moved the King)
and that he would do me fervice.

13. Eight Hor^ 20 minutes j)g/? merlli*
I move4 the Lord Treafurer for my ar-
rears of my penfioi> as Windfor HeralA
and to favour my petition for getting the
cuftom of fome paper. The firft he faid
fhould be done; and to the fecond, he
.would be my friend : and fo he was.

March 13. My book of the Garter was

lent to Captain Bartie, to be prefented to

the King of Denmark.

j6.

ELIAS ASHMOLE, Esq. ,341

16. I grew imJiipofed with a fuli;iefs in
my ftomach s but taking libme phyfick, I
grew well.

25. The Earl of Denbigh came to my
houfe to vifit me,

, April 2. Seven Hor. poji merid, coming
from Windfor in a coach with Sir Ed-
ward Walker, the coach overturned, and
I Iprained my left wrift.

17. I delivered my book of th? Garter
to Sir John Finch, to prefent it to the
Duke of Tufcany.

May 24. I received the Lord Trea-
furer's warrant for one hundred and fix
pounds, thirteen ftiilKngs, and four pence,
the arreairs of my penfion.

June 18. I received my Privy-Seal for
four hundred pounds out of the cuftom
of paper, which the King was pleafed to
beftow upon me, for ray wofk of the
Garter,

29. I was let blood,

July 4. The karned and ingenious Sir
Robert Murrey died.

Sept. 29. I renewed my leafe of Ho-
merich lands, from the vicars of Litch-»
field.

06lob. 4. \ and my wife came ^firont
fTerfham to London, having fpent a good
part of the fummer with Mr- Lilly, .

12. The Lady Forfter, Sir Hjimfr^
Forfter's widow, died.

Z 3 Novemb,

342 The LIFE of

Novcmb. 8. This morning Dr. Whar-
ton was found almoft dead in* his bed of
an apoplexy, and palfy on his left fide.

12. He fent forme at midnight, and
becaufe fome differences had formerly fallen
out between us, he defired to be recon-
ciled to me : which he was.

15. Ten Hor. 15 minutes ante meril
Dr. Wharton died, and was buried in
Bafinghall church in a vault.

Decemb. 3, Dr. Teme, the phyfician,
died this evening. He was buried at St.
Andrew's Underfhaft the 7th of Januaiy
following.

1674. Feb. 2C. Nine Hor. 30 minutes
ante merid. I defired Mr. Hayes, the Earl
Marfhal's Secretary, to move his Lord,
to give me leave to refign my Herald's
place.

April 2. The Earl Marfhal came to fee
my chamber in the Temple.

13. He gave me a George in goli
which his grandfather wore when be

. went EmbafTador into. Germany. . ^
24. My wife and I went to Mr. Lilly's*
•\vhere we ftayed till the 8th of September
following.

May 29. About Five poji merid. tbc
order was made in the Chapter Houfe at
Windfbr, for recommending me to th^
Knights of the Garter.

June

ELIAS ASHMOLE, Esa, 343

June 20. I dined with the Duke of
Lauderdale at Ham, whither he had in-
vited me, and treated me very kindly.

July I . Sir John Davis, fome time of
Panborne in Berkfhire, died.
. 20. I met with Mr. Thomas Henfhaw
upon his return from Denmark, having
brought me a gold chain, and that King's
medal thereat, from the faid King.

27. I firft fpake with the Prince Elec-
tor of Brandenburgh's Envoy.

Auguft I.I lent Mr. Edward Hop-:
kins four hundred pounds, upon a mort-
gage of his lands in Little Pipe near Litch-
field.

^ 4. Sir William Swan, the King's Re-
(ident at Hamburgh, gave me an account
of his fending my books of the Garter to
the Duke of Saxony, and Prince Eleflor
of Brandenburgh, and gave me a letter
from the faid Prince.

Sept. 17. I waited on the King, and
fliewed him the gold chain the King of
X)enmark fent me : he liked it well, and
gave me leave to wear it.

Oftober 2. Eleven Hor. 30 minutes
ante merid. . I and my wife firft entered my
houfe at South-Lanibeth.

5. This night Mr. Tredefeant was I^j
xlanger of being robbed, but mpft ftrange-
ly prevented. • ^

Z 4 %Z.

344 ^The L I F E of

28. I waited on the Earl Marfhal, to
gain his leave fordifpofing of my Herald's
place. He told me I was a perfon of that
ability, that he was loath to leave me ; and
put off the difcourfe to a further time.

Novenib, 17. I received a cafe of ex-
cellent piftols, and a filvcr hilt for a
fword, lent ineas a prelfent, from the Earl
of Caftlemaine, from -Liege.

26. Mrs. Trcdefcant being willing to
deliver up the rarities to me, I carried
^veral 6f thiem to my houfe,

Decemb. i. I began to remove the reft
of the rarities to my houfe at South-
Lambeth.

2. This night my affair about the en-
larging my control upon the counties,
was fettled.

18. Mr. Lilly fell fick, and was let
blood in the left foot, a little above the
ancle : new moon ^be day before, and the
fun ecHpfed,

20. Mr, Lilly had a great pain in his
left leg, which lafted twenty four hours,
and put him into a great fever/

23, My >yife went to fee him.

26 1 I went to vjfit him alfo.

28, The humour being fixed in two
places upon the top of his left foot (pne
being the place he was let blood in) and
now grown ripe, they were lanceid by Mr.
A$^p aij apothecary (and no lefs a good
' ^ furgeqn)

ELIAS ASHMOLE, Esq^ 34J

iurgeon) of Kingfton: after which he
began to be at more cafe, stnd the fever
Abated.

I was prefent at the operation.

1675. Jan, 6. I wore the chain of gold,
fent me from the King of Denmark, be-
fore the King, in his proceeding to the
chapel, to offer gold, frankincenfe, and
myrrh.

20. The Earl of Winchelfea, Sir Wil-
liam Swan, and Mr. Thynn, were en-
tertained at my chamber in the Temple.

' 29. This afternoon I obtained the Earl
Marfliars leave to refign my Herald's
^lace.

Feb. 10. Colonel Gervais Hollis, a
Mafter of the Requefts, died. ^

2 1 . Two Hor. pojl merid. I fealed the
rounterpart of Mr. Hopkins's mortgage
of Little Pipe in com. Stafford, to me for
four hundred pounds.

25. Mr. Dethick offered me three hun-
dred pounds, if I would refign my Hei
raid's place to him.

March i . This night Mr. Sandford of-
fered me the like fum, if I would refign
it to him.

9. Colonel Gervais HoUis's body was
-carried through London, towards Mans-
-field in Nottinghamfhire, where he was
buried.

24. Lord

346 The life of

24. Lord Hatton and his fifters dined
with me.

26. Mr. Smith, of Moorfields, died :
he had an excellent good library of books.

April 17. My brother Dugdale having
agreed with me for my Herald's place,
this morning moved the Earl Marfhal
that he might fucceed mc; which he
granted.

The fame morning I agreed with my
carpenter for building the additional rooms
I made to my houfi? at South-Lambeth.

27, This afternoon Sir William Swan
told me, the Prince Eleftor of Branden-
burgh had given order for a prefent to
me, and th^it it lay ready for me at H^m-
kurgh.

M^y I p Ten Hor. 30 minutes ante merid.
J and my wife came to ray hpufe at Squth^
J^ambeth, to lie there.

c. Ten Hor. 20 minutes ante merid. \
laid the firft ftone pf my new building
there.

20. This day Monfieur Swerenc, the
prince Elector of Brandenburgh's Envoy,
came to yifit me at my chaniber in the
Temple.

r ^^5. My wife, in getting up of her horfe
.near Farnham Caftle, fell dpwn, and
.hurt the hinder p?irt of her hand and left
Ihoulder.

: June$,

ELIAS ASHMOI.E, Esa, 347

June 6. Mr. Richard Hodgkihfon (my
old friend, and fellow gentleman of the
Ordnance in the garrifon of Oxford) wa^
buried.

25. Six Hor. 30 minutes ante merid. the
foundation of St. Paul's Church in Lon-
don was laid.

27. Dr. Barlow (my old and worthy
friend) was confecrated Bifhop of Lincoln.

July 15. This morning a jury of fewers
fet out my brick \fraU made towards the
highway, at my houfe at South-Lambeth.

2 1 . Four Hor. poji merid. I furrendered
my Herald's place to his Majefty in Chan-
cery, before Sir— ♦Clerk, one of the
Mafters of that court.

Aug. 28. One Hor. 40 minutes foji
merid. I and my wife came to dwell at
my houfe in South-Lambeth.

06lob. 7. Monf. la Mere (lately fent
from the Prince of Orange to his^ Majefty)
gave me a vifit at my chamber in the
Temple.

8. I firft became acquainted with Mon-
fieur Spanheim, the Prince Ele6lor Pala-
tine's Envoy to his Majefty; 9 Her. 30
minutes ante merid. He was the Prince
Eleflor Palatine's Plenipotentiary at Co-
logne ; and there Sir Jofeph Williamfon
delivered to him my book of the Garter,
to prefent to the faid Prince,

• ^ z6. My

$4^ Thi& life of

26. My brother Dugdale was created
Windfor Herald.

27. Mr. Thomas Rofs (tutor to the
Duke of Monmouth) died.

29. Between nine and ten Hor. poji
merid. my uncle Ralph Afhmole died,

Novemb. 2. I fell ill of a cold.

7. Great pain in my farther tooth, on
the left fide of my upper jaw, which con-
tinued three or four days.

16. Eleven Har. ante merid. I began to
plant my garden walls with fniit-trees.

This day Robert Chaloner, Lancafter
Herald, died.

Decemb. 4. I firft became acquainted
with Mr. Butler, chaplain to the Duke of
Ormond, and an able ailrologian.

X676. Feb. 27. Sir Thomas Chicheley
and Sir Jonas Moore came to dine with
me.

March 10. I fell ill of the toothach,
and the fartheft tooth in the upper fide of
my left jaw was very Ipofe.

29. My teeth fell loofer, and put me
to io great trouble, I could not chew my
meat for a week.

3 1 . My brother Harrifon of Litchfield,
<iied.

April 6. I was afflifted with the vertigo,
and drew out my tooh, that bad fo greatly
troubled me.

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ELIA9 ASHMOLE, Eso- 349

7, The officers of Arms feeming on-
willing to let me have the funeral-turn^
which was my due, I acquainted the Earl
Marfhal with it : and this day. Sir Tho*
Inas St. George waking on him, he told
him, he would have me have the benefit
of it,* His Lordfhip afterwards told me,
that he faid to Sir Thomas, ^ That he

* efteemed me the ht{^ officer in the of-

* fice ; and if he could have perfuaded ffit

* to have ftaid in the office, I Ihould not
« have wanted the beft employment, and

* have been made the fore-horfe in the
^ team ; and that I had deferved greatly,

* in getting money for rebuilding thb
' office/

Apr. 16. This evening tjie gout took
me in my left foot, and held me for a
fortnight.

Aug. 8. I fell ill of a loofenefs, and
had above twenty ftools.

Sept. 4. Mr. Ogilby died.

November 20. I fell ill of the gout in
my left toe : This fit held me a fortnight.

Decemb, 18. My old friend Majc»:
Brooke, the ftationer, died.

22. He was buried.

1677. Feb. 6. My uncle Ralph Afh-
mole's widow died.

7. In the afternoon I took cold in my
head.

14. I took cold in my right ear.

: 19. Mr.

350 The LIFE op

19. Mr, Richard Edlin, one of my
clerks, died this night.

20. Sir Edward Walker, Garter, died
fuddenly.

21. 23, 25. I took pi/e macri which
did me much good.

21. Mr. Richaitl Edlin was buried in
St. Alhallow's Church- Yard.

22. The Bifhop of Salifbury wrote to
me, that he had moved the King to be-
ftovsr Garter's place upon me. I wrote
back to excufe my accepting of it, with
defires to move no further on my behalf.

26. The Earl Marflial fent his Secre-
tary, Mr. Hayes, to have my opinion,
whether Gaiter's place was in the King's
or his difpofe. I gave my opinion, that
it was in the King's difpofal.

Mar. 6. The Bifhop of Salifbury came
to my houfe, to acquaint me with the
King's command, that I fhould affifl him
in making good the King's title to Gar-
ter's place.

28. 7 Hor. ante merid. I laid the foun-
dation of my back buildings to my houfe
at South-Lambeth.

30. There was a hearing before fome
of. the Lords of the Council and fome
Knights of the Garter, between the King
and Earl Marfhal, at vvhich Garter's place
was adjudged to be folely in the King's
difpofal. . . • I

31.* Mr.

ELIAS ASHMOLE; Esq^ 351

3 1 . Mr. Bartie eameftly prefled me to
accept of Garter'3 place, intimating my
Lord Treafurer thought me fitteft for it ;
which I excufed : neverthelefs he gave me
an opportunity to fpeak with my Lord,
which when I had, I forebore faying any
thing of this matter to him.

Apr. I. Mr. Bartie fet more eameftly
upon me to be Garter; but I abfolutely
refufed.

2 . My father Dugdale was pitched upon
to be Garter, and the King gave his con-
fent: whereupon the Earl Marfhal fent
for him out of Warwickftiire by this
night's poft,

!©• My father Dugdale came to town.
• 1 1 . The Earl Marfhal told my father
Dugdale, that I had carried myfelf very
fairly in the matter between him and the
King, touching Garter's place.

May 10. 9 Hor. ante merid. The firft
foundation of the rebuilding of Cheapfide
was laid.

12. About noon I fprained my right
foot, near my ancle.

24. My father Dugdale was created
Garter, principal King at Arms.

25. He was Knighted.

June I . He took his oath in a chapter,
called to that purpofe.

7. My Lord Treafurer agreed to have my
comptrol continue upon the vouchers.

July 2,

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July 2* I fealcd a leafe of my houfe
in Litchfield to Mr. Falkingham, for
eight years.

Another to Hdnry Aldrich of the lands
in Homerich, for feven yeirs.

Another to Mr* William Webb, of the
Moggs in Litchfield, for eleven years.

lo. I made a feaft at my houfe in
South-Lambeth, in honour of my bene*
factors to my work of the Garter.

Aug. I * I received four hundred pounds,
being the mortgage-money I formerly lent
upon Mr* Hopkin's cftate, at Little Pipe
near Litchfield.

Sept. lo. I Hor. fo/i nierid. Mr. Rofei
the King's gardener, died.

17. Count Walleftein, Envoy Extra-
ordinary from the Emperor, Marquis de
Efte Borganiainiers, Envoy Extraordinary
from the King of Spain, Monfieur Swerene,
Envoy Extraordinary from the Prince
Elector of Brandenburgh, and the Count
of Flamburgh, bellowed a vifit on me at
my houfe at South- Lambeth.

28. There was a fire in the Inner Tcm^
pie.

Oft. 4. Mr. Loggan began to drawmf
pi6lure in black lead,

16. My Lord Bifhop of Oxford gave
me a vifit at Mr. Loggan's,

.3.1. Myne Heere van Zeelin (Secretary
to the Prince of Orange) came to vifit ms
at my chamber in the Temple. ', Nov.

ELIAJ5 ASKMOLEi^ Esr^. 355

: -Nov. 4. Mr. Rawiin^^ T<»rn-d[crk of
Lttchfietd, acqiiainted me, that Mr. Rii-
chard Dyott, Parliament-man for that
rity, was likely to- die, and that the Bai-
liffs, &c. were willing to chufe me in hiJ
room : but I ahfwered, I had no incli-
nation to accept of that honour> and
therefore defixca him to give my thanks to
all that were fo well afFe£ted to me.

10. Myne Heere van Zcelin, and the
Diitch EmbafTadors, came to my houie to
vifit me.

Dec. lo- Doflor Plot (tf) came to me^
to requeft me to nominate him to bb
Reader, at Oxford, of the philofc^hical
lefture upon natural things. I told him
ilf the^niveriity liked him, he (hould have
tny fufFrage.

19.. 2 Hor.ppfi mirid. Mrs^. Ogllby died.

This morning my tooth, next my fore-
tooth, in my upper jaw, was very loofe,
4arid I eafily pulled it out.

Having received feveral letters frorft
Litchfield, to requeft me to ftand for a
Parliament-Man there : I at length con-
sented, provided it was not tflto late : and
upon attempting it by others for m^,
found it was fo ; for I found the
magiftrates and friends not fo cordial to
•toe as I expefted, and dierefofe drew oflf
and would not ftand.

{a) Sfc ftppendrt,

A a i(>y%.

j54 Tbi LIFE di^ .

1678. Feb« 9. One of my iniddle tedth^
in my lower jaw, wa^ broke out while I
:was at dimrar^

Man 23. The gout took me in my
right toe,

Apn 4. 1 1 Hor. 30 minutes anfe mert£
my wife told me, that Mrs. Tredefcant
<wa8 found drowned in her pond. She
was drowned the day htiot^ about noon,
jas 'appeared by fome circumftance. .
^ 6. 8 Hor. poft merid. She was buried ill
a vauh in Lambeth Churchyard, where
jher husband and his fon John had been
formerly laid, .

: 22. I removed the piftures from Mrs.
TredefcanJ's houfe to mine« . .
; May li. My Lord.Bifhop of Oxford,
and Dr. Nicholas, Vice-CHancellor of Ox-
ford, gave me a. vifit at my houfe, j,Hor.
30 iaiin* tiittf merid. . » .

, Jijne .18. Mr. Lea and hia wife's re-
leafe to me of the on^ huf*lred pounds I
was to pay:after Mrs. Tredefcant's death,
..bears date.. . .

. July 17. About eight of thcclock thfe
impming Iwasfervedwith.afubpo^na out
of the Chaacery, at Mr. Searles's fuit.
: Aug. 5. .The E^rlrof PeterbcMTOugh
rCatnQ to viiit me at my chamber in the
iX^ll^pl^^ aod-tofee.my cblle6lion of coins.

Sept. 28.1 took my. purging pills.

29. I bled with leeches.
,^ / / 1679,

ELIAS ASHMOLE, Esq^ 355

1679* J^. i6. 10 Hon pdjt fnerid. The
fire in the Temple began next room to
my chamber, and burned my library, &c.

Man 25. I. entered upon the houfe and
ground adjoining to my houfe at South-
Lambeth, which. Mr. Bartholmevsr let me
a ieafe ctf. ^•

31.0 Hor. 45 mmuteS ante merid. Mr*
Barfhofmew fealed my Ieafe,

April I firft became acquainted with
the Lord Roberts

June. 3. I went to Sir -Napier, at

Greit Liirford in Buckinghamfhire, and
came thither next day 8 Hor. poji merid.

144 I returned to London.

27. I vifited MQnfieUr Spanheiffl.

Aug* 15. My Lprd Grace of Canter-
bury, (Dr, Sancroft) c^e to vifk me. at ^
my houfe, and fpent a great part of the
day with me in my ftudy.

25. Sir Jonas Moore, Surveyor of the
Onmance, and my old^ friend, :died*

Sept. 2. Sir Jonas Moore was buiicd in
the Tower -Church*^ ..

About the end of 0<5lober I was much
troubled with the vertigo.

1680. Mar. 15. % poJi merid. I fell ill
of the gout in liiy left great toe.

20. It fell into my right great toe, and
this fit held me for five weeks.

Apr. 17. My wife fell ill of a rheu^
matum*

A a a June

2s6 The L I F fi of ^

June 28. The Countefs of Clarettdoit
came to vifit me and my wife.

July 26. The Archbiftiop of Canter-
bury's lifter and niece came fo vifit my
wife.

Sept. 6. The Earl of Radnor, Lord Pre-
(ident of the Council, with his Lady and
.daughters, dined at my houfe.

15. 5 H^r. 30 minutes pojf merid^ Sir
Charlfes Cotterell prefented me to the
Prince Eleftor Palatine, in the Council-
chamber/ whofe hand I kifled^ and had
much difcourfe with him about the Order
of the Garter, into' which he was ready
to be elefted.

16. 2 Uor. poft merid. I prefented the
(aid Prince with one of my books of the
Garter; which he courteoufly received:
axfid now I had much difcourfe with him.

18. Sir Charles Cotterell told/me this
mOriiing, ;that one of the Prince Eleftors
gentlemen came tb him the day before^
tx> defire me to dine Wfith him this day.
Hereupon I attended him accordingly, and
he piaced me next himfelf, on his left
hand, and received me with great r<^>eft ;
knd i^6n he rofe, took me afidc> and told
nie he had heard much of my Worth and
fefteeEfi, and defired to have a correipon-
dence with me, after^he returned into his
country.

-- ' '. - Sept. 24.

ELIAS ABHMOLE, Esq. 357

Sept. ' 24. This ^y between eleven and
twelve, my efteemed good friend Mr.
John Stanielby of Clement s-Inh died, ,He
fell fick at Northampton the. 17th inftant,
between eleven and twelve of the clocks
as he was coming towards London from
his native country, Derbyfhire. He was
buried the 26th or September at night, in
a vault, in St. Clement Danes church,
under the feats belonging to the gentlemen
of Clement's-Inn. He gave me this le-
gacy by his will, viz. ^ iTEMy I give

* to my honoured friend Elias Alhmolc
^ Efq. and his wife, each of thcni a ring

* of twenty ftiillings value, and likewife

* what books in my ftudy he (hall pleafe

* toTiwke choice of (many of them being

* his noble gift to me after I. had. loft

* many of my own by the fire ait my
' ohamber)/

The Prince Elcftor Palatine, at* his
departure, on September 18, put a me-
dal of gqld into Sir Charles Cotterell s
hands, which had his father'5 pifture on
the one fide, and an cfcutcheon of .his
arms on the other, fiipported by a lion ;
and bad? him to deliver it to me, and to
affurc me, that when he came home, he
would alfo fend me on© of his own.

27. This day. Sir Charles Cotterel fent
m? the medal.

A a 'J November

358 The life of

November 4,. Mr: Bartholomew iealed
me a new leafe of my houfe, &c. in Souths
Lambeth.

16. I received from the hands of Sir
Robert Southwell, latelv returned from
Berlin, a gold chain wita a medal, from
the Eleftor of Brandenburgh, It is com-
pofed of ninety links of philagreen links
m great knobs, moft curious work. Up-
on the one fide is the Eleftor's effjgy, on
the other, the view of Strallfund, and
made upon the rendition of that city into
his hands. It weighs twenty two ounces.

29. i waited on the King, and ac-
quainted him with the honour the Elec-
tor had done me, and Ihewed him the
chain. He liked it well, and commended
the workmanfbip.

168.1. Feb, 9- Mr. William Chiiinch,
Clofet-keeper to the King, dined at my
houfe, atid then told me that his nephew
Thomas Chiffinch (fon to Thomas Chif-.
fyieh, my moft worthy friend) died the
week before.

March 15, Between nine and ten ante
merid. Mr. Butkr, the minifter and afhro^
logian, brought me acquainted with Sir
Edward Deering, brother to Sir Edward
Deering, now one of theXords Commif-^
fioners of the Treafury^

April r. Having been very lame in the

hollo^ or my right foot moft part of the

a winter

ELIAS lASHMCTLE; "Esq^ 359

wintd* (occafioried, as I fuppofe, by ap-
plying pultices.to my gout, which relaxed
- my tendons) this evening my pains were
&> cncreafed I: could fcarcc go, and put
me into fo great a. heat, that I became
very feverifh, and my urine pricked me
fore as it came from me.

6. I took my Cifual ftvrcat,. which made
me well, and ftrengthcned my. tendons,
fo that the . next day I went to London^
and walked much up and down the ftreets,
without any pain : at night I became hot,
and flcpt ill,

9. II Hor. 45 minutes poji merid. I fell
into a cold fit. of an ague, which, with
the hot fit, held mc feven hows.

.11. I took, eaiiy in the morning,' a
good dofe of Elixir, and hung three fpidcrs
about my neck, and they drove my ague^
z^wzy-'^^-^DeQ gratias.

a 4. DnOunniAg, Bifhop of Ely, came
this aftemoon to vifit me at my houfc,
and ftaid' in niy ftudy till night.

May 19. My worthy friend and mj
neighbour, both at the Temple and in
the country, Thomas Siderfin Efq; died,
near Epfpm, about 4 Hor^ poji merid.

. 24. Mr. Sideriin was buried in Lam-
beth Church.

25, At the end ictf dinner Mr. Lilly's
left fide of his mouth was drawn afide,^
tut recovered again.
- : A a 4 ' 30. Thij

j6o Thb life or

. 30. This evening the dead palfy feized
on the left fide of my old friend Mr.
William Lilly, aftrologer.

June 2. Mr. Lilly took a vomit: at
night he took his hed«

4* I went to vifit him, but found him
beyond hope.

9. 3 Ear. ante merid. Mr. Lilly died,
. 10. 8 Hor. poji merid. He was buried in
the chancel of Walton Church.

1 2 . 1 bought Mr. Lilly's library of books
of his widow for fifty pounds.

12. I fold one of my chambers at the
Temple to Mr. - Holt, for one hun-
dred and thirty eight poimds : and in this
evening he was admitted.

17. This day my ^od-daughtcr— — ^the
only child of my neighbour Th(Mtnas Sir
dernn £fq; died.

July I. Mr. Sawbrid^ the 9ai^vta^
an old friend of Mr. ImyV and mtne^
4ied*

6. Mr. Sawbridge was buried in the
middle aiflc of St. Bridget Chmch in Pleet-
Ibreet.

. This day my wife went towards BlytJi*
Hall, with Sir Willi^n Dugdale, her fa-
ther,, to yifit her mother. ' ^

Aug. 12. Sir George Whartw died at
Enfield betwcam one and two in the mom-
ipg.

J 8. My wife returned j&romBIyth-Hall.

ELIAS ASHMDLE; Eso, 561

5. C5. -Sir Gcoi^je Whartoii wms buried in'
the Tower.
-' September 19. My wife inifcarried, hav*
ing gone about three months.
- Oftober i . 1 took purging phyfick.

2 . I took my fweat for the prevention o£
die gout.

4. About 8 Hor. ante merid. I fell fick
of the cholick, which held me with (harp
pains, efpecially on my right fide, for 24
hours I and then I was prefently eafed, by
applying bayrfalt aud bran, heated in a
frying-pan \ but before nothing elfe could
eaie me.

24. Mr. Thomas Flatman came to 'my
houfe to vjfit me. »,

November i. Mrs. Lilly came to my
houfe, and iiayed a week.

4. About 9 Hor. ante merid. I fcaled an
aflignmpnt of my judgment of 1 200 /• for^
inerly given me by Sir Robert ThomaSj,
and about an hpur after, received frorn
Sir Robert Clayton 800/. a compofition
agreed on with Sir Robert Thomas, out
of \i<fhich I gave him 70 /.

December 18. [a) About 4 pofi meridv
my dear mother-in-law, the Lady Dtw*
4ale, died. *

21. She was buripd in a fepulchrc made
ki the chancel of Shuftock church, by

(a) Vide laft page of Sir William DugdaVs Lifer—
Londoii, 1714. 8vQ.

Sir

jA? Thb L I F £ OF

Sir William Dugdale, for himfelf and
her.

- 1682. Mar. 10. About 5 Hor. pojimerid.
I received a fommons, to appear at a
lodge to be held the next day at Mafons-
HaU in London.

II. Accordingly I went, and about
noon was admitted into the iellawfliip
of Free-Maibns, b^ Sir William Wilfon
Knight, Captain Richard Borthwick, Mr.
WilUam Wodman, Mr. William Grey,
Mr, Samuel Taylour, and Mr, WilH^
Wife.

I was the fenior fellow among them
(it being thirty five years lince I was jad-
mitted) there was prefent befides myfelf
the fellows aftemamed, Mr. Thomas
Wife, Mafter of the Mafons-company thii
pccfent year j Mr. Tliomas Shorthofe, Mr.

Thomas Shadbolt, WaidsfFord, Efqi

Mr. Nicholas Young, Mr. John Short-
hofe, Mr. WilUam Hamon, Mr. John
Thompfon, and Mr. William Stanton.
We all dined at the HalfrMoon-Tavern
in Chcapfid6, at a noble dinner prepared
qiC the ch^gc of the new-accepted Mafons.
AApril I. My wjfe fell ill of a rheumar
tpi : it began in her left ancle, then into
her left knee and right toe.

18. Sir Charles Cotterell carried mc W
the Morocco Embaffador,

* ' Arcade,

ELIA« ASmvlOl^e; EsQ^ ^3

* * Alcade, Abdclloe> and Bombnzore <!iime
to my honfe, and dined with mc. '

May 17. George Smaldridge was defied
out of Weftminfter-School* to go to Ghrift
Church in Oxford.

20. The Marquis of Worccft» and
Earl of Aylefbury, with their eldeft fons^
gave me a vifit at myliouie this after-
noon.-

22. This night, fcratching the right fida
of my buttocks, above the fundamenti^
thence proceeded a violent fhacp huinour.

25. I applied pultices thereunto (and
now was not able to fit or lie upon my
bed) it was made of whit& bread crums^
oil of rofes and rofc-lcares.

28. The pultices having well drawn
the humour out, I applied Unguentum^ 2Vir-
tritum to it,

June '4. Being hard bound in my b«dy
I was five hours before! could go to flooi,
and fufFered much torment.

9. I putged with pilli.

13. I went abroad again, thanks be to
God.

17. Bomonzore dined with me, l and
gave me ielreral excellent receipts.

July 5* The Morocco Embafiador dined
at my houfe,

13. The AftrqlogBrs fpoft was rei|:ore4
by Mr. Moxon.

3^4 .• The LIFE op

i6> The Lord L4Uii(lawn, and SirWS*
liam Haward gave me a kind viflt at my
honk.

»0.' The IV^rocco Embaflador made
ready to go awav, but the Alcade flipt
out of . his lodgings^ and hindered lus
jpuroey.

21. The Alcade was taken.

22. This morning I gave tlie Morocco
E.mbdi&dor a large magnifying glafs. In
the. afternoon the Alcade returned to the
Emba&dor's lodgings.

: z^. About 3 in the morning the Em-
baflador went away.

. Auguft 1 6. I went towards Oxford, to
fee the building prepared to receive my
]:9riU!es, where I amved about 7 of the
clock in the evening.

17. Between 8 and 9. I firft faw the
£ud building. I was invited by the Vice-
Chancellor^ and dined with him at Queen's
College.

22. 6 Hor. 30 minutes po^ nurid. I ar-
riyed back at my houfe.

Odober 23. My Lord Chancellor Finch
&nt fqr me to cure him of his rheuma-
tifm. I dined there, but would not un*
dertakrfliccure. v

1683. January 23. I took a great coM,
going by water, and kept my chamber
three days.

29.

ELIAS ASHMOLi:, Esq- 365

29. The Aftrokgeh feaft wis held at
the Three Cranes in Chancety-Lane : Sit
Edward Deering and the Town-clerk oC
I^ondon were flrewattls. - . ^

February 2. My pifture (after fent to
Oxford) came home 3 Hor.fofi merid:^ I
acquainted Mr. Woolfich, m part, with
the feci-et of raifing fiowcrs fi^oma Vir^n-J^
earth.

J 5. I began to put up my riiities in
cafes to fend to Oxford.

March 7. I took purging pills, which
wrought very well.

10. The gout fell into my left greattoe
this iftaming.

14^ The laft load of my rarities were
fent to the barge, and this afternoon I re^
lapfed into the gout.

2 1 . The gout fell into my right great
toe. •

April 8, Major Huntingdon came to
my houfe, to vifit me.

10. I took my pills, and purged very
well.

11. The pains in niy feet returned. -
24* Mr. Anthony Bowyer, andJiis lady,

came to vifit me and my wife.

25. I went firft abroad, after 'fo long
confinement, by reafon of my goitc.

26. Dr. Smallwood, Dean of Litch^
field, died,

Auguft

366 The* life ot

. Augui^ 6. The furviyors of the high-
ways bi^an to raife the caufey at Hodhedd
6tiH.'

9. They finifhed their work, all at my
chax^.

September 5* I toc^ pilk,

6'. I took a fweat^

7. I took leeches : all wrought very
well,

17. Monfieur Job Ludolph. came to
vifit me.

23^ I firft faw Dr. Lifter, at my Lord
Archbifhop of Canterbury's at dinner^

24. The Prince Eledlor of the Rhine's
fccretary dined with me. As alfo a noble^
man of* that country, a fon of a patrician
of Nuremberghj and Dr* Lifter.

26. A ftitch took me at the fetting on of
my left hip-

28. I was very much troubled with it. :

Oi^ober 8. Monfieur Lodolph, and his
foft, dined with me.

10. I gave Mr. Heyfeg a book of the
Gaiter: my wife gave him three gold
buckles.

• I16; The Commiffioners of the Excife
dined with me.

. :3Pii J took leave of Monfieur Ludolph
and his fon, who were returning into Gcr^
xiiany. \.

November, Monfieur Ludplph. went
ftom London,

ELIAS ASHMOLE/Eso. J^7

December. 7. A boil began under my
chin, ' i 1.

. 26/6 Hof. 30 minutes ante merid: I
had a long .fit or a vertigo. ^

1684. February 4- Mr. Jean Schiel^
4erasy tk« Biihop of Bergen's ion, and
Mr. Godfreed Roft, a Pruifian, vifite4
me.

March 5. 11 Hor. anfe merid. a green
ftaff was lent me by the Steward of ,St.
Thomas's Hoipital, with a fignific^tjon
that I was chofen one of the Governors.

April 6. Major Huntingdon dined with

8. There was an inftallation of Georg)^
Prince of Deiimait.

21. Major Huntingdon died : and thif
day Mr. Thomas 3tjen(haw> Mr. Rogers,
Dr. More, and Dr. Bernard dined at my
houfe. . -:

30. Major Huntingdon was buried ^a^
St.^BotolphAlderfgate church.

May 5. 2 Hor. poji merid. I laid'/thft
foundation of my new liable.-

14, I took^ a fweat. . r • _t

: 19. Sir Thomas .Walcot came to vifit
me. ' .:..- r ".. . ' .*!

r June 27. I bnaifedmyleftgr^ttperf

July 18. 10 Hor. iq xmAVLtes ante nte^
rid. my two coach-horles wer# brought ya^
me. - , : • I J 1 . ; - ^ ;.\ : -j. * -^1

22. My coach was brought |q me,

23,

^6t The life or

ej/ I wifit towards Oxford.
28. I returned home.

- Auguft 4. Several French gentlemen^
and Johannes Serenius Chodowieikey^ z
Poiiandef, came to vifit me.

6. I rubbed the ikin near my ramp^
Ifirhereupon it b^ati to be very fore*

8. I pureed.

9. I took leeches.

' 10. I purged again.
12. I applied a plailler to It.
15. Mr. Agur applied a bal&m.

17. The fore began tobi^eak.

1 8. Dr. Plott, fent from Oxford to v^
file, came to me.

19. I fell into a looTcaiefe^ which con^
tinued for two days.

24. Mr. Agur lanced the (ore.

26. Being hard bound, It^sfwohoors
before I could go to ftool, and then wkh
Exceeding ^eat trouble.

31. I was lianced again^ to preveiit a
fidula.

September* io* By thij -time the fare^
near my fundament, was h^^ed.

- Oftobfer 2d. Sir Thonia8-Du|^a, ^and
Mr Matthews dined wil3i me.

Ndvetiiber- 19. Dr. Pk^tt 'pr-efeifted me
with his book' de Origine P4htiumy which
he had dedicated to- tee. '^ - -

24* My teeth began to be kx>fc.

1^ Dc^

ELIA^S AS^IflVj 01*]?', Esfj^ 369

;; Decpmber iSt. ^r>,,ilaak bflOiWglit .M?*
jBqwen. of., jjptoix. Jia Pembff^eijjire,; ,fp
vifitipje. , .: ^: .V . ;.: . . y j%i .^,;; ...
\.j 9^ Dfi^^h^fiij^fyjam propped fa jne tp
Wjliig^r. JUl^i^pjr wifei; t^ialjjif wighjt
undertake hef. I)} {),,;_» ^, ^ ,,,,:;; -^ /

pr^,Li(fer:d3i^i9Jl^rta^^ rev.

. :i68.5;,Jaftuaiy.24;,4^yira§^gs|^h,^
bled wi^'p,y^.:^tl|,;:^,qyj^g^

for a.we^j an^;then I,,1^^14,pi]fe p^.^^
month, madfi, ofi. burned . ja(%g),< :j)?jRpe;,
and, tqba,CQ05|;vWhijJ^ drew f^jy^flbj rhgujrii
froin.me,; ai^^fo; I was eafb^^ .^ ^ ^,'

^ F€Jbriiary5 6,j]K^^^
iiQys:inafter^r4r^ ^ /'v 7;. :,

. ^3.. I txioL^a., violent cp^,] which hehd
me till the 5th of^ next monti^ . -

26. I took, my piirging .f\\h ; \ . .

27. I took. my fweat, botji wQrked yery

^wei!.. , . . •• '. ... ' '

March 2. 5 Hori 15 liiinutes pojimerid^
J t received an obliging^ letter from- the
Bailiffs, Juftices^ &c. of Litchfield; fo
alfo from the Dean, inviting, me to ftand
to be one of their Borgeffes for Parlia-
ment. I fent. them word that I would
,itand : . .

3. Whereupon they fet about getting

votes, for me, .and J found the citizens

B b ' very

2yo Tn* LIFE or

^cry aflfeftonate and • iiearty. Atoirt a
fortnwht after my Lond Dartmouth teM
me, tne King would, take it kindBy fm
Vnc, if l wowd give way to Mr. Lewfon.
VpontHis I applied myftff to myUd
Treafurer, and defired to -faiow m him
the Kittg's pleafore, fcy whom I found it
was tii^ Kji^Vdeftre> aslridtlieh I imme-
^Rately^rote do#n; t6 acquaiht my
fHenoi liiAt I would refign; but Aey
"woiild «6t believe my lletter, whkh occa-
fioned nie io to to the King, iind let him
«kn0w lb much; who told me fae <fid not
%now I ftodd» -when %e^ gaye Mr. Lewfofi
encouragepieht to^godown, :fbr if heh^i
lie wwild hi>f have done it- 'I told him I
yas all obedience, whJch he took vert
^indly: \^rthen wrote dowmi^iit> taai-
Cure them I would fit dbwn, a»d fo Mr.
Lewfon, with tli^ alfiftartce of it^ votes,
carripd jt at the day of ekftion.

* April I . ' 6- ffor. p(^ mrrid. I firft he-
fame acquainted with Mr. Negos, fecfc-
tary to the Duke of Noifolk.

* 27. Mr. — — of Ntn-cmbergh, and*
jFrench gentleman, which Mr. Lsh^S^
4)ix>ught along with him, dined with me.
; May I . Judge Walcot, and Mr. Cook,
-the Prothonotary dined with me.

4. Monfieur Spanheim, Envoy €tra(^-
Sinaiy from the Elciftor of Brandenburgii
'and- his -Lady, and M«ifieur Bcffor hi^

ELUS AtnUOh% Eso, 371

•gent herp, witit Stf Gljlirfes Coneiieil, his
Lady, and Ton, dined with ine<

51. Tfae Duk«o£ Noiiblk invited we to
' jdiite with him the ns^ day; whi&b X di4*
and WW well recfiwed.
•ij. I.tQQj6iny.f>uirgingpjIl8* ; . ;
14. And my fwcftt,v.-
29* i viftted I>r. Snu^, Bifli$!p»Q£ Car-
lifle, whowasof n)y.an(:i«ntaoqu4iiSt|«tice
. At Oxfocd.

31. This ni^ht t^n a pain {ii^ my
lleep) took me m my stiddle tpf of my
; right foot, whic^ vflnmstv^d to ny Mde,
and after three days went away.

June z. A pato i^}L the .i:qppmoft
.tooth bktt on;, j9i» th^. riglit ^ i^^my
uppermoft jaw. • r

* 4. My £ud tQ<»th fwk £) l^vtr I. <39uld
not chew*

. ^- A boil wife » the le(i: Jde of my
, throat.

17. This evening Ihadagriww* ^t of
the toothach.

July 9. The CcsmtPip of Offmion,
BHhbpm St. Afj^h, Mr. Jf^iOiaw, .Mr.
Evelyn, Dr. Tewfe^,. aad Mf'. Vr^^
fupped at my houfe.

1 1 . The Earl of KadjQ^r M M ^nt
nocMi.

17. I £tof. fa/i merid* Th^ B«rl ,^f
Kaniordied. ^ ; ^

B b a ;eQ,

V ^ 20. -Dn Ridgley (my old acqtxaiittairci)
gave me avifit. '. r^

• 2f^ - I went to Windfo?, to the infblla-
Mod of- the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of

Peterborough, and Lord Treafurcr. ..

2^. TKc Earl of |ltdnor's body was
earned into Cornwall, i ' .-
/ 'Ailkgtift 4. I and my wife went to -Mr.

:ia«J*tf*8:atBrookhill ..:

5. We went to Mr. Hutchjn£»t% at
•:0ek»jb.i . - ''-'^ ^ ' .*:: i

•. • ' 8 • ''W€ returned htinte. 1 . ^ •

* i^.Jt bdH bcgmto itppear in my right
groin. . . •! » ' .:, ..

' '^^- T!>^^ high€%y*1)oil broke. . :
\ iJ5 Another -aj>|)ear«d a litdtf higher,
^hut It died. 7 rr .

• "•^4.^ Iwertt to^W^in^for^ toiicJrnftalla-
tion of the Earl of Feverfham. * '

' ^^' September 5. ^^Piffitig'ttport thb ThameJ,
I took a great cold.

• - -^. 'I took a purgi.J, '- ^

10. I took a fweat. . ; . .

^- - Oftofeer 13. i took iny^eat.*

• ;28; The Earl>6f ^Peterborough fhewcd
■^fi^' His rare colleftidn of gems and an-
cient rings. ' '• .1 i- ::.':

• - ^6.-1 became acqilaihted with'Mr. Cary,
^ who came lately from Berlin. He told me
^^hi^Eieftoral Highnefs of^Brandenburgh

did often fpeak, with a gw«: dfcal oi
honour, of me, and defigned to have ^
.:;: r . my

ELIA& ABHMOLE,'*EsQ. ^n

mjubookiof) tiw Giarter i^traniatibdjsinto
Dutch. .vl-

, November /lo.i iThisi' morning I^had
foaaci difcourfe/iviritriMr. rOcrirfl^' > at>9Ufr
purchafmg Mr. Plonin«or'$ iiabaci u:f.. .::
2 i^^^.Mr*. JDeanoricBf iMindfor^.jaiui:.Dr.
Chamberlain the .GMli^tn^ * iiraoght.:SiJt
Jtdkn Faulcbneaiof Bcaklahd^to dJiae with
me. 1 fottad hinV a^ veiy 4ft|;enioiir geirtlejs»
xnett^..vveUi«adfxd? ki^owQ coohtiO^ aati-
qiiities/and oxsiiii. -i T/.i <^' 1 i- > v-r li: r ::
. rDQC6mtretiv3t of &fts&tt:?upos the <Qpsit^:
inifliba ..of! Sdwbfg/rolt ^ bcmgnjopfiriei
this morning, and inyfelf namcdr tt'cr^^
VBi4 but notiiiny '&iithe;r waj doae 'at this

14. Sir John Faulconer dined jwith.mefe
aend J ^ve - Wai ^db/efra 'of *»yt EnjUfti
coins*; r!T 'i A :••.';• ^'\ "'^^-.-n/. ^-.^

oi^.i»I; waited;oil:rtl»:Earl of dCianeftdon^
Lof^ Lieutenant! irfijreland, .a« far-ais Ste
Albans^ iqi his joiiriiayrthither.'- TIi«4^&-i
ing of r the ooach/iXwhich drotre YBpy. hard;'
raifed a fwelling*ii* iByleft breech v'^.V' . ov

^ 1:686:. January'. .'9^ Mr.. Gb6k^ my
i^ighboorat Sowth Lambeth^ havSng-latc-r'
ly (et-Tip a pale along; his gaar^QB;.' :and: en^
croached upon the church- way.abb'riti two-
foot^ lamdertoaktd cornplaiA o£ tt ; and
\ this' jday : Mr. .Coi:)pori hi? landlprd^J and
myfelf,/: upon b delmte ,qji. the matteVy
agreed (by his confent) tQ^ietiit back-a

^ '.: eb3 i foot

373^ TttB LIFE 6W

foot aiidan iMtif, wUch was ^kmt acconl'
ingly.

ao.i-TlieCoanniiRcntersof Scweninet,
0)4 I (^th ibip^'Othebi of tfie Cqmaui*
^nert) took my oath.

Febrawy i- Sir J<to FaiilameF, 9
9c6tch gqnuiman, died.

4, H# wai biiried this nig^ m tte
^Vird) qf St. fkif argaret Weftdunjfter.

lOf Thi»mon4a| I do^amod* tM^
ing at my old hoiiw in Shiie-t.ane, die
^df the garivt iitaiiiBa to totter aiuiM
itofqmyh ^t I thought the hiNiiit 10
ffc^uM lot&ntdy fall down.

This cftemoon, ahbut Qiie of th
clo^ my wife's futher. Sir William Dag*
^, disd.

14. I moved the Duke of NorfbU(, m
my Drother Dugdale's behalf, diat lie
would move the King* that he ixa^t fuc*
(Eied luss\f which he ()voiiu&d to do; (bot
I fcmod him more iaeHnable to prder^
I'hQmas St, George). In his di&ourfe he
told me, no man was fitter for the place
^lan myfelf, if I would acc^of itj bat
I made the £une excqfe to h^m as I dkl
to his fathisr, {|f|er tl^e death qf Sir ^-
ward Walker,

- 19, Tji? Pi»ke 9f Norfolk prcmoftd »

ihe, to give my farotfaer Dugdale the pl>^

frf Norroy, and ^^ t^^ day gave hia

ifuranceof it, ■ ,

4 W^

ELIAS ASHMOLE. ^sq. 317^

Msrch 3^ Thi» night I jM^ed fqmu^h,
tliat I beared a dithettSf notwithftanding.
I had Kept myfeif ver^ temperate all the
^^ig time. : .

27, This morning I ^rew ill tpd vfry:
hot, and was traub^ with a iharjMicirs of
ijfine. I took lyriip of white lilies iit
pofTet-drink, '^ad the next day an emul*
uon of the four/^qolh^ ieed$, (tiais kept
ine temperate) with water of yiolets and;
wood-fedoe, to waf|i my mouth j and giv-
ing my felf reft ^andea&f, | ths^ God, I'
jsecovered in a few' days.

April 5. I took t|jy ^eat.

May 6. My wiite t<mk :Pi^« J^agel's
tin£^ure.

; 17. I firft dined at S^. Tbpmas's Hof-
pital| the general '^(><;^..|^iD§ hf>U tihier^
$his day. , ,.

go,. { I flor, 15 sumutes otf^e merid.': X
firft fat upon the comn^iffiq^ for ^haritaUa

Uf^S...

?3, Dr, Plot proT^nted me with his Na<f
tural Hilary Qi Staffordfhire^

26, Mr. Plummer jMed his part o# th<r
conveyance ai the farm td .^» a«4hKi
wife acknowledged a fine l^fbrt; the Chief
Joftice^ the CommoivPliesMl^^

jvil;^ 10. This ra^manf ^\f the, fang<*
to«t)^ in the i%ht id^ ^f wi ^SS^f 'y^^
fell put, ^

5l>4 13,

iy6 •- The LIFE^ *0F

* 13- I began', to repair mj bam at Softtlj
I^ambeth for Goodm^l^fHgfam.

25; PtooLmyfweat. '
Auguft 2. I and my wjfe went to Brock?
hiU to Mr: Napwt :-;- •'^--^

• 7. Wp wtott6;Defroe|6-^r. Htitc^^
foil's. •' '• •' ' ;'•'; \

9. We* returned to Spiith I^ambeth.
13. The gout fell'intp my left great
toe: I applied leecKS. '

28. I- applied T)Iack fnail^^to rny right
foot, thejr being bruilfedi' hut they blifter-
cd and poifoned the tob of nay foot, and
after feyeral breakings put, it was h«J«d
towards the middle of 06i:obcr.

September 8. I took my iffual fweat.
23. 5 -Hir. 36 minutes pofi meril I
agreed upon conditions- with Goodman Inr

tram, to make him a leafe of the fann
bought of Mh Phiiiiiner, except th^
oat-field. - i '....; -I

29. Sir Philip Floyd (who had the rc-
vtrfion-of My office ili-^ftifeSxcifeVdied.

Oftober 7. I waited irpbh the King,
upon blis tetiini'to' f<SWh f^m^^W^^
whq^ was plcafed to rcceiw me with in^^^
kindnefs^ . . . - V ;! ;: r -- . ;

12. I took a great^Mcdd in my-^tiech
vhichHelcl me fib? ddy^ ^ • * .

Zi^AHor. 4^ fofl^merid. I kM n
Jeafe of John Ingram*

.-••-^

ELIAS^ASHMOLE, Esq^ 377

26. The running gout feized on my
wift s right ' inftcp . • 1 1 • continued Ihifting
into her arms and kifegs with great- tor-
ment tjll after Eafter/ and then fhc began
to fe't heii" feet^bn the ^rbfdiid,; yet was\not
.-^ble tpg9 abroad till tpwanls Midfummw/
-'29-' f^&celved a letter. fjforti Sir;Hfefiry
Chautfe^t''^r9^furefr' of 'the Temple^^to
invite tife-TO ^e bbncTi/But I wrote 4iini^
an excufe ; and next day gave reafons-foi^
my frefuial; '^ . - is. . * .^^

" December' 7. The-'Commiffioners/c^
Excife jpioved the' Lord *ti;cafurcr, {hhit^.
ing-the riectffity of ihy having another
dejk, anjd obtained 80/. perAnAzkddCYi^^
him-. •*';■• ; . • . :

' 2*3. ■' 16: Kof. 30' mtntltes* /z^/^ nieriBi
I receive4 my pr^er from, the LordfTifea*
ftirer, 'fbY ia'hew clerk, v^th 80/. per Jin.
felary. ^'^ •• ' "■ ■ ■ • '' ;;

23. This^day my nephew Dugdalc (I^f
JoKn Dugd^ie'^s foVi^' Was ifearried; •"-

1687. TaJtuary ^-''The fearl of Rbii
ehefler fwiliendiered his-ftaff/' • ' ''^''J-'

6. Ab<iut''6':/yo^ »?«^;'y. • th** Coriim"MI6ri
for "the* ' LbW Commiflibnefs ' wils o{fehed
arid read. , ,''-".--^'. ■ ' •

' 8'. This fedrn?hg tHe ebmmiifioners of
Excif^ and myfelf, waited on;'thfeHeW
toiUs G6mm}te6nei's of* the Treaifury.'

S!)'

■'^n*

378 Tmb life op

{3. The gout fell into my right hand,
which dibbled me from ufing mj pen for
above a quarter of a year.

16. I took my fweat.

17, 18, 19. I was much troubled witE
^ wind chotiek.

34. I applied leeehei to iny nght hand.
27. The fwelUng of mj hand abated,
ae. There were two tidei tliia inor»<

February 8. This afternoon the |out
fuelled my hand .again, and ^ ntght
^aficd vnm faeatt torment.

.4. This night my hand did aoft griev«
«ufly p»n me.

March 3. Thitf afternoon I an4 my wi^
were both fuddcniy ftruck witli a col((
taii hoorfenefs.

I &lt the efFe£b of t^iif hoar^nefs, in
^eback part of n^y throat, iw a loo^
liate flttier*

22. 2 Ktr. 30 ftiinUtft p^ n^rid. An
iffiif was made in n^^ kf^ arm.

April 16. My wife took Mr^ Bigg's
voaut, which wrot^t very weU^

, 19. She took pnhuJiutS^t in the afters
noon fhe took cold.

N. B. That both weretoo (bong phyi
l^ckforher.

21. Mvirifq ^U very ill, and iato %
great wedknefs,
. ^L I pur§e4 ynt|\ myi?fu^ p^ls.

27.

ELIi^S ^SHMCHirS; Esq. sf9.

?f. I took my ufual fweat.
o9rar4» th9 eiK^rof this tnotith fisf
Wdti began to men^/ but not fully reco-
Vfr tiS a foitKight aft«f .

Jiriy f6. Tbis momsQg I receitod t
Pacctl of boolcsf froia T; W/ Itnhoff o^

Augttft %i. Sir John CkariUn, andMr.
Bever, on£^ t9 South Laittbeth, ta vifie
tee. ■ , .!

Sepl^diWc. 14. 10 Mor; 40 mmutes
^ftf mrri/. I lat fcMT a iecond {n^kurc to JVIf ;

Oobobsr 5, 1 1 Hir. 7 nunute^ unte mi*
rid, the Ear} Marlhal's Court firft fat in
the Painted Chatobef at Weftminfter.

7. Dr. Plot ttatit fip itreac my office,
^nd told i^« tbst the E^.Marfhal had
phofen him R.e;^ifter of 1^ Courts

8. 10 Hir* oHic mtrid*. I went firft to
the Earl MarM^Gci^iiMrt*. and when his
lAfi&sSe^ tokf. he inii^it^ me to diite wkli
him} chichi did.

9. Ito«kinyttEi]ldfWtatj(«y

i^ Km oris Mr. .AOunole'f M. S.

What

^'TiTM AT rcnmiiU farther,- I'fhall
W give yodi - ki • the wcardscfil^ Mr;
John Aubrey, F. R. S. wbd 4h^h5$tdfe-
igiied Surveyor the. Courfty ctf Sutt^,
j^piofited ii\ lihe T A^hmolem-'^ilieum at
OxEDfd) towards' the beg«^ni&^;1i^f tbtfe

wor^?^* «'' Aiid 4iovr I am-'come' as a

V.moupner to-pflirfofm imy Juftfirffice at
^-the» grave <rf' 4iy-;tirorthy fidetld^Eliad
'' Aftimole, Efq. whofe body lieth buried
^* in the South^^iu(le:(of the^Chtrtirfrof
'ASouth Laml^kh) at the Baft bn^^on the
*' North fide of it, under a black marBle^
t^ with this infaritrtion;. ^ - *

HicJMet incfytus iile fS erudififfimus
.. Elias Afhmole LeichfetdekJU Affhiger;
'inter aUd in RepUbUcS MMefaj

Tiributi in>c09^icias cohtm'rotuUkdr^ • *
< ' 'i Facialis dutemWindJwie^'^i^io *

^ pQ^^ Ju&^ cofmutndUn Uxohufi ^kixil^tmkm

Elizabetham GulieltniDt^^ ::« .i
Militis, GartiriPriniipiliisxRe^iM]^

filiatn ;

Mortem obiit 1 8 Mati; i(f92/Va*W*?k2? 76.

Sed durante Mufao Apmoleanoy Oxon.

nunquam moriturus.

Near it, is an atchievement fet up for
Sie^feme perfon^^ whereon is the following

coat

ELIAS fVSHMaLE, Esq^ 381

coat of arms, viz. Quarterly, Sable and
Or,, t he firft q ijgiiitejLon a F/eur ^Jisj of
"Ihe Tecbnd : SIKfiiole, impaling Dug^-
dale, viz. Argent, a crofs malines Gules,
and a Torteaux, wlrii this Motto — Ex una
omnia.

"Over the entrance to tne Mufabmn,
fronting the flxeet \s ^e following infcrip-
tion in capital letters :

Over the door of Mr. Afhmole's Li-
•trafyr -a t - th e t<y of the ft a ir s, is the
following infcription, in letters of gold,

rtf Firorum D. Eliae Aih?fwle%*^M«ftini
Lifter^a/i^«/ «ot paucos addidtt Vir indujirias
•nic-lMke %• • ke 'Am^tittrid- Pfinl^ttuKU.
'Jx3y»naP^Atfbr^''fl6«^:&ftoii 9t\tcfi^pud

.ii^ !

.? T.

^ i^»> r I ' L .. ■■ . ' ./ ^ > .I f H n " I I n » r ,1,

.- • -.C--^ J. .

-- . .. 1 i . A.!M

A P PEN PI X

"•■■■ ■'■ ■"o »■ . ■ •

Original Letters UshK to vid &m
Mr. AiKinole*

A letter of thanks fiooi die eomandofi
of Litchfield, upon the receipt of a
lll»«r bowt i^nM to <t(ein by
Mr/ A^isnole.:

Fpr tl)« truJj^ hmvfmd ^lit^ .iUbm<4c,
£fq^ 4^ m c^ber iQ t^-N^v^Utte

ber. In his ablence, to be left with
the Butler or Porter of the Middle
T«nplc» London.

Honoured Sir,

UPON Thurfilaj, bong the 17^1
day of this inftant January (a day
ever to be rubrical amongft our city re-
mem-

A P P.E N^ D I x: \^§^

taiembrances) we received your Tina Ar-

geiitea, your munificent filver feowl^

- cloathcd, in its delivery, with all tholie

rich circumftanccs of advantage, that couM

poffiWy either enable the gift to befpeak

the goodnefs and prudence 'of the giver,

I or invite Ae faireft acceptation in the

I receiver. Fc»r if we confider the perfen

iPrbm whsom, it is the gift of an Ettas^

a herald, not only proclaiming, but ac-^

tuafly contributirig good things to Mtt

^ city ; and that by the hands of a Zadiai

rias, a faithful meffenger, who with the

gift^ did emphatically compinnicate th^

fcr^t and- good affe^icm of the giver;

"^ And if we coniider ti>e time it was ]^re-

^ fented, it was tltt day of our Epip^hany

i\ feffions of the peace for this city, wftere

^\ our Bailiift, High-Steward, Sheriff, Grand

Jtjry, and the reft of the body politick of

this ancient and loyal corporation, toge-

j^ ther with other peribns e* tjuality bodi

g of the clergy and Jaity were* convened to-*

u gether, and fo became prefent at this great

. ^ eflfering : As if feme propitious liar wi-

g fmg in tlie Eaft, had (at this time) gone

before our Magus, fteering its coui^ to

this our city of Litchfield (the Sarepta of

pur Elias) and ftood over the new-erefiked

, pyramids of our cathedral (where as yet a

'J ftar appears) darting its benign influence

upon this poor and loyal city, inviting the

r Magi

384 Appendix^

Magi from afar^ to oSbir. fome tribute t9
it : A c^ty that hath nothing to glory in^
j^t^i^s ancient and modern loyalty to God
fmd Csefafi. evidenced by ^i9r. ancient
i bearing in th^ city elcuthep^ C^ht^se Knights

I martyred) as .ancient a». t}iev.days of

JDioclefian, and her name ' Signifying a
fiejd of -Wood thw fpilt ;; tq^Tyhich pwy
be well adcted iKr modem apd j^^a^psuraUeld
loyalty to th^tt blelied faii^ (n^wrki^liea-
vei^) King Charles, tbe roap^ffi*/ T^WYPfi
i^y witneiled by thofq hqn^^ble marks,
eracesy and wounds of l<fya%/j (he yet
bears upon har per/bi|s, .tfip^lpSj^ . ft^
and waUs ; *(^qpl:^ies of ji^i^ug). fu%i^
entiy b^jfczing,jjc?,the world.th« AW hcralfe
^f;;h?r ancient '^rms : iW ^'^ifo^-P?^!
giyg^'^*^ .t^i^ gr^t.^a^rat^HP^^jyhiii
ypu^ have .wifely impreft {cf^^^ grxnsj
to folace the b§ft of the gi^vJ jj^ter their
time of , fiifferkag i-^ trut, lijie.. q^ of . thc^
trufe Mj^i thit, pffered te.;<ptrift in Ins
pooreft' conditjonA you have largely ,o£r
fered to the, repair of his cfcurch, our
rtiicied cathedral| which^ by the unweaipK4
labour^ prudence, pie|:y, and xharityof
pur goqd (a) JSiftiop, a fecopd Cedda, h^^
t|)e charity of yourfelf, and otlaers, hap-
pily, depofited in his hands, is {almoft_t^
a miracle) fb well and fo foqn rcftpip

■ {a) Dr. HacHet., ' .

again.

II A i ^ t: N 6 i ±. 38^

n agkih^ But yoii . Wc iik^,\yi|e annually
tp^ and liberatty offered, rerieVed,' arid re^
z frefhiSd Chrift' in 'his mefeWs,, the poor
J I 6f otlr dty. Arid' as if you iiitendecj
Bi pioufly to engrofs and cover all our ne-
,^ ceflities, under that warm and nourilhing
^ mantle of Elias, we have received inti-
IJj matLon of yqw ;promife«^ of/ greater good
^ intiended this great citv. Now, Sir, give
|jj us leave to. conclude (aaving been already
J too tediou's) hy iiiforming you that^ ac-
[j cording to jpour djefir^i (upon the firft
J receipf of your roculijm Charitatis, at
thfe ng*ft of the'Geofge for England) we
filled it with cathoUck wine> anddevated
it a fober health to our moft gracious
KS^ which being o£ fb large a conti*
uent^ pafl: theihands^ of thirtj ta. fflcdge ;
nkS'r did We !f6rgeT yourfelf in'.the i^ext
pface, being otir ^at[ Msecefilis ^^ aflfur-
irtg^^.y^ii tMt ' (G6d willing) i#t fltoll fake
eaurfe that- .t|iisr.:gi»jit' Tina Af^ntea
fhall, with our city-mace, apd • o^her

Eublick enfigns of dignity and authority,
e carefully tranfmitted,. ,by.,illd«xt^fe,
from Bailiffs to Bailiffs, iu^ a conti^k^
ftrceeffioli^ fo long as this Vncier^'t, anf
Idy'al: ' corporation thrpugH' ' the favodr *>f
I^rrntcS (which we/ hope, we ihaJI neve^;
forfeit) fhall have ; a charter ' to give ' it
life ind being. J'or which sBd jour manj
bithef' multijilied' favours 'to' tKi^' poor
^-* " ' ' C c city.

386 APPENDIX.

city, we, the prefcnt Bailiffs of this city*
do, in the name (and by the defire) of GUI'
whole company, return you liibft: hearty
thanks, fiibfcnbing ourfelves, what we
truly are,

Sif,

Yout obliged fmthful friends,

"-ji^r" Toferveyou,

JOHN BAkKES,
HEN, BAKER.

*-^*i^

A Preface to the Catalogue of Arch-
bifhop Laud's Medals, drawn up
by Mr. AlKmole, and preferved
in the publick Library at Oxford,
and referred to in Page 332 of
this Work.

Lcftori Benevolo, U^^^dLtl^w ^ tyj^dtifiofny*

CUM Oxoniam (Britannic! lumen
orb^s principium, grandeque decus)
commentandi gratia annos aliquot ante,
me contulifibm, CoUegio Reginenfi Prae-
pofiti (turtc temporis autem in inclyt& hac
Univerfitate, ProtoBibliothecariiBodleiani)

- Doftoris

A P P E N D I X. 387

Doftoris Barlow poftulatio, imo & ex-
poftulatio me non mediocriter afHcere.

Querebatur enim eximias do6binae Vir,
inter Academicos^ (temporibus difficillimis
illis quidem> & tyrannide Cromwelliana
invalefcente, durimmis) paucos turn fu-.
pereffet plurimis, artis & naturae dotibu9
fufpicicndis, OftricijQno etiamnum pulfis,
aut (nee vanus timor) propediem pellen-
dis, qui ad rei Antiquanae fhidium & vete-
rum Numifmatum cognitionem, quibus
tamen ifFdtim illic aburtdent Archiva,
(paupertate & nova tyrannide preffi) ad-
jeciffent animum. Supra laudati Doftoris,
inquam^ rogatu^ conqueftuque, hoc ultro
mihimet (utbrevem illorum delcriptionem
exhiberem) penftim impofui : Turn ad
noyitios & in rei Nummariae fcientia pa-
rum exercitatos, melius irtformandos, turn
ad eorum Genium excitandum, qui ad
tantum, tam proficuum, tarn dignum, tam
honorificum, tam denique neceffarium
erudito viro ftudium afpirare niterentur.

Hoc igitur fie mihi propofitum fponte-
que fufceptum (arduum illud quidem, &
laboriofe plenum opus aleae penfum) laetus
aggredior, indies faftione Cromwdliana,
non fine damno publico ingravefcente, &
paulo poft Britanniae T*x/»€rt<ri'«r & facrae
Regiae Majeftatis (aufpicato & quafi poft-
liminio) reditum, <rvv^i£ ad finem perduxi^
Scd cum hujus exfcripturo, manu pro.-
C c a pria

M A P P E N D. I X.-

^ •' . r .

pna cupcrem cxarare, vit mgenue fatear,

mihi fuit ftJ^vtA^ov ante hunc diem illud al^»

folvere, cum negotiorum (quae me con-

tinuo circumvallat) turba, modicum mihi

fubinde fpatium, ad aliquid per intervalla

& quafi furtim nonnunquam ex eo tran-

fcribendum permiferit. Verum antequam

huic Operi confiderapdo tc Leftor accin-

gas, d£ npnnullis, &c ad promptiorexn ejus

diligentiam^ & ad faciliorpm ejufcl^pci ufum,

te monitum cupio.

Atque ut aggrediar, totum opus de an-
tiquis Numifmatis quibus Oxonise ditef-
cunt Archiva, in tria dividitur Vdlumina,
Primum eft Confularium Numniorum,
aliquofque lUqftrium. Romae FamiUajrum,
reliqua duo Imperatoria Numifmata con*
tinent.

Hue accedit, quod Monetam, confii-
lum Alphabetico locarim ordinq potius,
quam iflam in annorum confulatus cu-
jufque feriem redigerim : Multi etenim
Confuiares Nummi, nequaqu^m^ ab iis,
quibus aflimilantur, excufi funt. Sed ab
illis Triumviris Monetalibus Augufti reg-
no, qui vellent ifta ratione, vel quod /or-
fan ab ipfis ducerenj.origniem, ut praecla-
ras iliorum aftiones. aliquot cxcipwet, ac-
tueretur aeternitas. Qiiod autem attinet
ad Imperiales Num*nps (qui hie iiicipiunt
a Julio^ Caefare, afque cupi Heraclio de- ^
finunt) hi ad eos perfe61:e referuntur an-

nos,

A P P E liT D l' X. 389

rios, dq qiiibus coitiftiati, prociifique faere ;
cuTti refetidne tMriieti ad tempus vel 'prae-
ceSens', yel fiibfequens IncafnktiQnem
Chrifti Salvatorjs rioftri, quod chara^^eri-
birs iftis expreffi,''A. "C^ hoc eft; ante In--
ca.rnationem Chrifti, & J, C. Jd' eft, ab
Jncarnafriohe ^h?iftiV Qjji xhara6teres
notahtur in* capitetujuflibet paginal, paur
cis exccptls, qui fafiiciens ad.hoc, ut ad
mahJfefram fiii term^oris cognitionem de-
dticeJehie qireant, luhien deiiderare viden-
tur. Atqueiftos tjiiidem ftib imperatoris
cujufque rcgni ftiiem,^ Anno ante eofdem
in .jbalfgine 'niillo deflgnato, cpllooare,
quara eofdem, cgeteros inter intrudere cer-
ta .firi^ ratione, - fatixii .elegi. Idemque
drca ^ikperatriccs bihite^^ candfettiqde bb
rationein, . a me ^^prseftittim eft. ^

Pr^tere^, ut «x ^q\i^ genere metalli,
t|u6dilbet lex di£lis jf^mtiifmatis cufiini 6ft,
conftare poflit ; raetalla per has f^quenteS
fliftinxi notas AV. enim denotat, aurum,
AR* indicat argentum, 2E, deaique fig-
nificat JEs. • ; ,,

Porro eum iEnei Nummi diyerfae.jjnag-
fiitudinis exiftant ^ ad triplicqm praefertim
(qua .ttignpfcantur)[Juxta numericas figu-
ras (i.) (2.) & (3.) charafteribus illorum
praefixas (exceptis parvulis valdeque mi-
nutis aliquot, qui peculiariter pro taUbus
cxhib^htur) ad triplicem, inquam, praeci-
(jue magniiudinem, revocari poffuut.

Cc3 Adde

390 APPENDIX-

Adde fuperioribus, quod ubi quempiam
argenteum Nummum^ formam habentem
fecund^ magnitudinis sreorum invenio»
quod ut duxtaxat ab ordinario diftingua-
turdenario, figuram UU (2.) fol^amad^
jungere.

Hanc» hoc gemino c\im veto, praefa-
tiimculam clauder^ mihi eft animus
p. O. M, enixe deprecatus, turn ut gene^
ro(bram h^c in paitc Benefa^Qn^m nu^
merum adaugeat : Turn ut eos qui prifa
Numiftnata celeberiimum hoc in ifirarium
conferunt^ no^is, quibus fuam fublevent
inopiam, NuixUfina^s^ nunquam cgere
patiatur.

Pene omiferam quemlibet poft annumi
hie a mc de induil|ia riiiAuip ^/)e fv^-
tium^ ut quid ^ novq di6him ad Thcfiu-'
rum, antiqui ferentur Nummi, adhunc
quoquc Catalogum, pap (quo fupejiores)
modo, referri valeant.

Scriptom in mco Me-
dio Trmpli Mur
faeo, decuno Ca*
lendos Jonijis*
Anno Jijl, 1666*

E. ESHMOLK.

Acopy

APPENDIX- 391

A copy of a letter from Dodor
Barlow po Mr. Aflimole, on his
prefent of his books, defcribing
Archbifliop l^^ijd's cabinet of

For my honourtti Friend Elias Afhmole,
Efq. at his chamber in the Middle
Temple, thefei London.

My dear Frisnd,

IT is a good while fince J received
your excellent prefent to our Uni-
vernty-rLibrary, and, 'ere this, told you
{6; and returned our many and hearty
thanks, had I not been fuddenly and un^
cxpe(5ledly called away to Worcefter,
yrhence* I ^vfl now returned. At the
vifitatioi> of Bodley's Library (when the
Vice-chancellor and all the Curators
were met) I prefented your bpoks to the
Vice-chancellor, and the ref]:, in your
name, aSs a teftimony qf your kindnefs
and love to iearnlng and our Univerfity ; as
alfo of your ^ility to enrich Bpdley's Li-
brary with your own works. Anyman who
has a mind to it, and money, may give
us good books of other mens making, but
very few of their own ; ' fauci quos aqutis
C c 4 * amavit

39^ A P P E- N. D I X.

* amavit Jupiter.' Some more generous
and ingenuous fouls, a Selden, a DugdaJip,
or an Afhmole may do this, none elfe.
The Vice- Chancellor and Curators were
exceeding well fatisfied with, and very
thankful for, your great charity and mtini-
ficence to' the publick. Care is taken,
that your name and gift he recorded in our
regifler, (aj to your deferved ho^iour,
?uid the incoaragemcrit of others, by
your good : example, if - not to an equal,
yet to alike liberality. And furc I am.
It will be an honour tP you, and a coin-
fort to your friends, when they ft all find
in our r^ifter, that you have been fo
great a benejF^^^tor to Bodley's Libr^. IV^y
love and refpefts to y o^ielf and my hopieU:
friend Mr.Dugdale. . pod Almighty blefg
you bott. And, v ^ . . . ..

Sir,

YQur aifi^onate fri«nd»

Qiiecn's Coljeg?,
<ixon,t>tfxm>.

ill, iWS.

T.: BARLOW.

■ .. ' / For

A F f E H D ^ X, 393

For Elias Afljmole, Efq. at his
Houfe in Lambeth.

THE bearer hereof will need no re-
commendation from me, when you
fhall underftand, that it is Doftor Plott,
the learned author of the Natural Hiftory
of Oxfprdihire. It is upon the reputatia|i
df your own worth, as well as your mag-
nificent gift intended to the Univerfit%
that he faaDs the ambition to be better
Imown to you; They arc (I hear) defign-^
ing to create a philotophical lecture upon
natural things ^ and their inclination to
pitch upon tiiis knowing gentleman for
that purpofe (whofe talent and merits sr^
fo eminent) I am fure, cannot mifs of
your cQiipurrent fuffragc. I am only forry,
that the affair, which carries me this
morning out of town, deprives tne of fo
4eiired an opportunity of kiffing your
hand at Lambeth i y\rho am, for many
great obligations.
Sir,

Your moft humble
. And obedient fervant,

Whitehall, J " ' -.

»J>cc. 1677.

J. EYELYN.
For

394 A P P E N P I 3^

For the woriliipful and learned
Elias Afhmole, Efq. at his
houfc in South l-ambcth^ near
London.'

Moft worthy and learned Sir j

BEING informed hy my friend Mr,
Gadbury, that there were fevcral
paifages in my hillory^ which did fbme
way refleft on your great worth and learn-
ing, Mid alio intimate me to be guilty of
grofs rudenefs and heat^ I fqund it my
duty to make this recantation ; and fo
let you know that whatever in that kind
may occur, I utterly repent and di{bwn i
and am both heartily forry and aihamed^
that any way I fhould prove fo unhappily
pflFenfive tp iq good and learned^ fo in-*
duftriqus and . renowned a gentleman,
yrhpfe book? I am not worthjr to bear
after him. ' And, Sir, if it will ^?afc
you to let me fee a copy of the paflages,
as you have collefted them, (which on
occafion I . prpmife ^ return) with your
confutations and reafons annexed, I do
folemnly proteft, that I will mak? ^ pub-
lick recantation, or otherwifc as you (hall
think fit : and alio, if ever King Edward
fees another impreflion, I will alter thofc

pafiages

A P R E N D I X. 391

pafTages as far as truth and equity fhall ac->
quire, , ftill proteftin^ in verba Sacerdotis,
that I npver had any but honourable an4
refpeilful thoughts of you and Sir Wil-
liam Dugdale, (Dii ! quanto nomina) and
what I did, proceeded from a delire of
finding out the truth, however my frailty
might betray me to an error. Sir, the
Jiojiopr of a line, e^ecially with an inti-
mation of your good will, will be highly
acceptable to the real honourer of your
k^xninc; and goodnefs«

Emanad College, Camb.
'Oa. 15^ i68S.

}. BARNES.

My humble 4uty to his Grace at Lam-
s beth : and pray. Sir, have me recoromend-
( ed to my good mafter Potior Goad and

I Mr. Gadbury, &Cf

For

APPENDIX.

•For my worthy, fi-iend M. Jbfliua
■ ^afoes, at Enaa«uel Go^c^e in
:Gajaabridge,

Sir, ' ' /

MY prcfent weak indifpofftioii ha»
took me off from tob much re-
fenting: thofe reflections you have made <m
me in your book, * and moulded in mt
more peaceable thoughts, than tp be dif-
turbed at what you have done, Your
letter makes me thinic there wa§ no ill
meaning in what you did, ahd perhaps
nothing more than an inadvertent and
overhffty humour, which the ^ivjlity of
a penny-poft letffer would have cleared
and prevented. I need not trouble myfelf,
nor you, with giving you an account of
thofei jMiflages Ifta* fc6ftcern me : they are
e&fiiy found oui, for ihey carfy my nkme
fidtm* with them.- All I expeO: frcJm you
is, that your acknowledgments ^to^thers
(as you have occafion) be what you have
now made to me, and (if ever an oppor-

♦ The Hiftory of King Edward the III. Foho,
"Hdaiiein Mr. Barnes reflected on Mr. Afhmole's Order
of the Garter, in a very grofs manner.

tunlty

A^P!. P-E N:.D IX/ ^t.

tr^ity be-oflfexed) tt) pepriatyouftHiftoEy,'
tbyen t^.reftify yoittr loqjy. -1 • • •

• YoUf^veijfhtimWferv^t/

1688.

A copy of a letter from the Chap-
ter of/thc ChurcK of Litchfield

' to Mr^.Aflxittole^ .communic$,if^d
from the Regifters of 'that-<ia-
thedraL; -: ^ '^

Honoured Sir, ./ *

WHatcver intcrcft this city md
xhurch have iii' your- birth apd
education,, hath already rdiounded/ in {o
much honour thereby^ ^d in your con*
tinual bounty, to both,* that we. have
not the cbnfidcnce to back, with that to-
pick, this our petition for your free gift
towards ifinifliing the ring of ten bells,
infbead of our former fix bad. and.ufdefs

ones^

398 APPENDIX

ones : nbft in tnith» have we any other
arguments, but your charity and cfur*
neceffity ; of the former, you have given
lis gooa proofi as we acknowledge with all
thankfiilnefs : and of tlie latter, we have
too much*, through the misfortunes of the
wor|:^ The deceitfulnefs of the ground
firft making our honefl bellfouhder lofe
his cafting the four biggeft, td the damage
of 30/. and now his error in overfizing
the eight bells he hath eafl^ fo far that
they have fwallowed up all the metal for
the ten ; and that requires 80/. more to
be added to our poor fund for the two
other bells, propcntionable to that big*
nets. But yet an error fo much on the
better hand, that would raak^ extreaiii-
ly for the advantage and glory of the
Cathedral (the bignlefs of fuch a ring fer
more befitting the place ; and theife eight
being judged fo very good, that all are
loth to have them broken, and caft into
lefs) if poffibly that additional fum could
be raifed. To this purpofe *Squirc Diet,
Mr. Walmifley the Subchantor, and
other Vicars and ringers are mod: induA
triouily undeitaking a new collection, and
we and feveral others are willing anew
to contribute ; and if you will pleafe to
put to the helping hand of your piety and
munificence, you will add fignally to thofe •
inftances thereof already in our publick

cata-

A P P E N B 1 X* j99

catalogue of benefaftors, and will highly
oblige both thofe zealous undertakers, and
«rpecially.

Sir,
Your thariklBl' humble fervants.

Litclifielf),

Oa. 15,

i688.

L. AlymSbN.

H. GRESWOLD.
T. BROWNE.

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